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Dear all, Just a gentle reminder about this session's CfA. DL next Monday 5th Feb. Sorry again for cross-postings. Best regards, Esther On 10 January 2018 at 16:39, Esther Anaya <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The 2018 The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International > Conference > <http://www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/ConferencesAndSeminars/Annual+International+Conference/Timeline.htm> will > be held at Cardiff University in Cardiff, from Tuesday 28 to Friday 31 > August 2018. The chair's theme for the 2018 Annual Conference is > Geographical landscapes / changing landscapes of geography. > > > > Esther Anaya (Imperial College London, UK), Angela Curl (University of > Canterbury, NZ) and Julie Clark (University of the West of Scotland, UK) > invite abstracts for consideration for the following Transport Geography > Research Group <https://tgrg.wordpress.com/>-sponsored session: > > > > Title: Cycle and bike-sharing accessibility and equity in the changing > urban transport landscape. > > > > The landscape of urban transport is ever changing, and doing it faster > than ever, to the point that “disruption is the new normal”. Cycling, cycle > infrastructure and public bike sharing schemes are increasingly part of the > dynamic urban transport landscape. The benefits of cycling have been widely > documented and evidenced but more knowledge is needed to assess whether > these benefits are at reach of all the population groups. While cycling, > cycle infrastructure and public bike sharing schemes offer the potential to > be socially inclusive, shift the focus away from car-based society and > provide opportunities for interaction for those marginalised by private car > based mobility, the reality is often different. Cyclists in general and > users of public bike sharing schemes tend to have higher incomes, high > levels of formal education, and are disproportionately white, middle aged > and male. > > But cycling inequalities are complex. They have been related to the > generation of resistance or hostility towards the presence of cyclists or > cycling facilities in the streets, known as “bikelash”. They can > potentially contribute to gentrification processes, in which only an > advantaged part of the society receives the benefits of cycling policies. > Newly implemented bicycle paths and bike share schemes have been critiqued > on issues of equity and gentrification, particularly in the US. > > Inclusive cycling mobilities are related to the use of space, in which > power relations take place and need to be considered. Inequality issues > become crucial to ensure a transition towards a more sustainable and just > mobility future. > > We welcome papers exploring accessibility and equity issues for cycling > and bike sharing, including, but not limited to: > > • Evaluation of cycling, cycling infrastructure and the use of > bike share (including dockless schemes) among those likely to be excluded > or with additional mobility needs: Elderly, migrants and refugees, women, > ethnic minorities, disabled and lower income groups. > > • Inclusiveness of new cycling mobility services such as > dockless/floating bikeshare schemes and more widely, of the new > technologies applied to cycling mobility, for example: the use of apps, > sensors, electronic devices. > > • Approaches to inclusive urban transport policies relating to > cycling and bike sharing. > > • Empirical or conceptual papers on cycling inequalities, > justice, power relations and inclusivity. > > > > Keywords: cycling, bikesharing, equity, inclusive mobilities, mobility > justice. > > > > Please send abstracts of 250-300 words indicating title, author(s) and > affiliation(s) by Monday 5 February 2018 to Esther Anaya < > [log in to unmask]>, Angela Curl <[log in to unmask]> and > Julie Clark <[log in to unmask]>. > > > > ------------------- > > TGRG has a small prize for the best postgraduate presentation in any TGRG > session at the RGS-IBG 2018 Conference. If you wish to enter for the > Postgraduate Prize a full paper should be submitted to the Chair and > Secretary of TGRG prior to the conference date for judging. For more > information and to find out about entry criteria please contact TGRG > postgraduate rep Deborah Mifsud ([log in to unmask]). > > ------------------ > > > Sorry for cross-postings! > > > Best regards, >