Families and transportation: Moving towards multimodality and altermobility?

Arlene Tigar McLaren

Journal of Transport Geography, 2016, vol. 51, issue C, 218-225

Abstract: This article explores the transport modal practices of parents with young children in everyday urban life. It is based on a qualitative multi-site approach that takes into account the geographic location, urban form and socio-economic characteristics of four Vancouver (British Columbia) neighborhoods. Our analysis of semi-structured interviews with parents reveals that modal practices were contextually contingent along a spectrum of auto-dependency, multimodality and altermobility. The results expose the contradictions, inequities and social ambiguities of parental modal practices and raise questions about how they might represent possible instances of a transition away from auto-dependency and towards sustainable transportation.

Keywords: Family modal practice; Everyday life; Automobility; Urban context; Transport disadvantage; Sustainable transportation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.01.006

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