Neither do menor: how we can talk inclusively about women & cycling

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Cycling Embassy of Great BritainKatja Leyendecker EurIng CEng

Researcher at Northumbria University

Prepared for presentation at APPCG 29 November 2016

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National Travel Survey

Gendered travel characteristics

Key messages >>

Women commute more sustainably

Through socialisation, women’s trips are tougher

These trips are cycled by choice in

AmsterdamCopenhagen… cycle citiesWhere cycling infrastructure offers the necessary

comfortconvenience(safety and security) Photo: Mark Treasure, CEoGB

Photo: Marc van Woudenberg @amsterdamize

Gendered cycling?

Fictitious metropolitan town

500,000 inhabitants

Now Future

Number of people not cycling under current condition:

Gendered cycling?

Key messages >>

Looking at totals, gender is not the issue

We need actions chiming with a wider constituent

No city in Europe or North America has achieved high level of cycling without an extensive network of well-integrated bike lanes and paths that provide separation from motor vehicle traffic. […] Separate cycling facilities are a crucial first step towards increasing cycling and making it socially inclusive. Pucher & Buehler (2012:351)

It is clear from our research that most non-cyclists and recreational cyclists will only consider cycling regularly if they are segregated from [motor vehicle] traffic Pooley et al (2013:176)

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Interested but concerned

Interested but concerned

Key messages >>

Define the group of ‘interested but concerned’

Service their needs

What’s needed?

1. Develop a fully inclusive message >>> embracing and sympathetic to

gendered/socialised needs, and age, ability

2. Inclusive and consistent designs >>> national cycle infrastructure design standards

to ensure high quality, IAN 195/16 is a start

3. National budget for building cycleways

Reading materialAldred, R. (2015). Adults’ attitudes towards child cycling: a study of the impact of infrastructure. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH, 15(2), 92 - 115.

Eyer, A., & Ferreira, A. (2015). Taking the tyke on a bike: mother's; and childless women's space- time geographies in Amsterdam compared. Environment and Planning A, 47(3), 691-708. doi: 10.1068/a140373p

Monsere, C., Dill, J., McNeil, N., Clifton, K., Foster, N., Goddard, T., . . . Parks, J. (2014). NITC-RR-583 Protected Lanes - lessons from the green lanes : evaluating protected bike lanes in the US.

Pooley, C. G., Jones, T., Tight, M., Horton, D., Scheldeman, G., Mullen, C., . . . Strano, E. (2013). Promoting Walking and Cycling : New Perspectives on Sustainable Travel. Bristol: Policy Press.

Pucher, J. R., & Buehler, R. (2012). City cycling: MIT Press.

Thanks for listening

ContactsCycling Embassy of Great Britainhttp://cycling-embassy.org.uk/@GBCycleEmbassy

katja.leyendecker@northumbria.ac.ukhttps://katsdekker.wordpress.com/@katsdekker