Cycling Through Intersections: Regimes of Velomobility in Calgary and Amsterdam

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dc.contributor.advisorDucey, Ariel
dc.contributor.advisorMiller, Byron
dc.contributor.authorPonto, Jason
dc.contributor.committeememberLangford, Tom
dc.contributor.committeememberMonteyne, David
dc.contributor.committeememberPatterson, Matt
dc.contributor.committeememberMcCann, Eugene
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-01T15:24:17Z
dc.date.available2017-05-01T15:24:17Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.submitted2017en
dc.description.abstractStudying mobilities means paying attention to practices, subjectivities, materialities, sociospatially co-constituted spaces, and the complex social, political, and economic milieus in which planners, policy makers, and mobile subjects operate. When the complexities and interplays of these aspects of mobility are considered together, we can describe regimes of mobility. This dissertation focuses on a specific form of mobility: velomobility (mobility by bicycle). It presents a comparative analysis of the regimes of velomobility in two cities: Calgary, Canada, and Amsterdam, Netherlands. It draws from a wide range of evidence, including 102 semi-structured interviews conducted with cyclists, 24 interviews conducted with policy makers, document analysis (including a visual content and thematic analysis of print advertisements), and ethnographic research (including ethnographic photography). By comparing and contrasting these two regimes of velomobility, this dissertation seeks to de-naturalize velomobility by highlighting the ways that politics and policies affect mobile subjectivities and associated practices by enabling or constraining urban forms, by influencing the design and development of transportation infrastructure, and by encouraging or restricting automobility. Drawing on notions of governmentality, sociospatial theory, risk, class habitus, and the performance of identity, this research project sits at the intersections of several theoretical frameworks as it explores the intersections through which cyclists move.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPonto, J. (2017). Cycling Through Intersections: Regimes of Velomobility in Calgary and Amsterdam (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25508en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25508
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3760
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectGeography
dc.subjectSociology
dc.subjectSociology--Theory and Methods
dc.subjectSociology--Transportation
dc.subjectUrban and Regional Planning
dc.subject.othermobilities
dc.subject.othergovernmentality
dc.subject.othercycling
dc.subject.otherurban studies
dc.subject.othertransportation
dc.titleCycling Through Intersections: Regimes of Velomobility in Calgary and Amsterdam
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineSociology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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