The walking commute: gendered and generationed

Lesley Murray

The walking commute: gendered and generationed

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The walking commute is produced through the intersections of gender and generation and is gendered and generationed as the mobilities of particular social groups, most notably women, children and older people, experience it in particular ways and are consequently disadvantaged. The key argument in this chapter is that the urban walking commute needs to be re-defined in moving away from an unproblematic promotion of walking as a ‘sustainable’ form of travel. Viewing the commute in relation to gender and generation reveals the persistent barriers to walking. The urban walking commute is illustrated as an interdependent and intersected urban mobility practice.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of urban mobilities
Editors	Ole B Jensen, Claus Lassen, Vincent Kaufmann, Malene Freudenal-Pedersen, Ida Sofie Gøtzsche Lange
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	11
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9781351058759
ISBN (Print)	9781138482197
Publication status	Published - 18 May 2020

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Name	Routledge International Handbooks
Publisher	Routledge

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Lesley Murray
- L.Murraybrighton.acuk
- School of Humanities and Social Science - Associate Dean Research and Knowledge Ex
- Centre for Arts and Wellbeing
- Cities, Injustice and Resistance Research and Enterprise Group
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Murray, L. (2020). The walking commute: gendered and generationed. In O. B. Jensen, C. Lassen, V. Kaufmann, M. Freudenal-Pedersen, & I. S. Gøtzsche Lange (Eds.), Handbook of urban mobilities (1st ed.). (Routledge International Handbooks). Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Handbook-of-Urban-Mobilities/Jensen-Lassen-Kaufmann-Freudendal-Pedersen-Gotzsche-Lange/p/book/9781138482197

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