Why young people’s bus mobility is linked to citizenship and concerns spatial justice. Right, the free summer pass was a thing. Yes, I had the summer pass, when was it, 2020. It was really good, the best thing. In the summer, me and my friends, we explored new beaches in the area, every day we […]
In 1968, the French philosopher and sociologist Henri Lefebvre published his book The right to the city (Lefebvre, 2009). From the original idea of the book — that cities are for people, building collective life and not for capitalist transactions where city life is commodified and citizens mere consumers — the concept of “the right […]
Introduction Everyday my 5-year-old son and I cycle to his kindergarten. He rides his children’s bike and I usually ride a cargo bike, which allows me to pick up him and his bike if his courage fails. It rarely does. He is a committed cyclist who likes to debate this and that and show his […]
Introduction In recent years, transportation geographers and scholars from cognate disciplines have devoted significant attention to the idea of a “right to mobility.” This broad notion is commonly defined as the right of individuals to be able to access transportation options which make possible a certain, basic level of mobility (Coggin and Pieterse, 2015; Kohn, […]
