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Healthy & Sustainable Transport Systems: A Social Justice Agenda

Rachel Aldred rachelaldred.org @RachelAldred. Healthy & Sustainable Transport Systems: A Social Justice Agenda. Photo of Betty by Kat Jungnickel. Healthy & Sustainable Transport Systems: A Social Justice Agenda. What do we mean by healthy and sustainable transport systems?

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Healthy & Sustainable Transport Systems: A Social Justice Agenda

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  1. Rachel Aldred rachelaldred.org @RachelAldred Healthy & Sustainable Transport Systems:A Social Justice Agenda Photo of Betty by Kat Jungnickel

  2. Healthy & Sustainable Transport Systems:A Social Justice Agenda • What do we mean by healthy and sustainable transport systems? • Social justice and transport • Gender equity and cycling • Conclusions

  3. UK CO2 emissions, 2007 Source: ITF 2010, http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/Pub/pdf/10GHGTrends.pdf

  4. In 1950, 2 million private cars were licensed in Britain - 1 for every 20 people • By 1970 it was nearly 10 million - 1 for every 5 people • By 2002 it was almost 25 million - almost for 1 for every 2 people • There is no technological fix, and even if there were…

  5. Vicious circle of car-centred policy & development:- degraded environments, run down and unsafe alternatives, fear, exclusion, and a further flight to the ‘safety’ of the car- major impacts for chronic disease- proving very difficult to reverse in the UK at least

  6. Social Justice and Transport

  7. Why Do We Put Some People’s Speed Ahead of Other People’s Lives?

  8. Car-dominated cities: able-bodied, affluent adults only?

  9. Gender-Equitable Road Environments? • [O]ne of my best friends, she’s just started cycling two weeks ago […] I’m trying to make her assertive. […] I’m not saying we all have to go around being aggressive […] but I think it’s more dangerous to be timid in the city. (M) • [It’s] just having the sort of the guts to say, “Okay, I’m a user of the road and I’m not afraid of you. You can do all those things but I’m where I want to be. You’re threatening me so I’m going to be in the middle of the road because that’s where I feel safe”. (F) (Source: Cycling Cultures Research Project, 2010-11)

  10. Who Wants To Ride Here?

  11. Route preferences: London cyclists (male & female) Source: adapted from TfL 2013, available at https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/143729/response/398827/attach/3/Final%20report%20CRC.pdf

  12. Final thoughts • Transport currently causes, but could help solve, environmental / health / justice problems. • Using an equity lens to identify inequalities & desired changes • De-centring the car and making alternatives pleasant, easy, accessible, and inclusive

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