Moving beyond cycling in support of economic growth: using a capabilities approach to identify infrastructure design principles

Justin Spinney

Chapter 4 in A Research Agenda for Transport Equity and Mobility Justice, 2024, pp 55-70 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Over the past 20 years, urban cycling has experienced a particular renaissance in many cities, touted by policy makers and academics alike as a key mechanism through which multiple (economically patterned) matters of concern - congested cities, local and global air pollutants, and obesity and ill health - can be addressed. However, I argue that there is a real danger that under its current narrow economistic framings, only the personal and social qualities of cycling that contribute to achieving such goals are valued. In this chapter, I offer alternative ways of valuing cycling, using a capabilities approach to identify how infrastructure should be designed differently to promote truly sustainable urban mobility.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Environment; Geography; Research Methods; Sociology and Social Policy; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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