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Exploring Public Perception of Justice in Mobility Transitions: Evidence from a Bicycle Sharing System in Iran
Khajehpour, Bahareh | 2023
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- Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
- Language: Farsi
- Document No: 55993 (44)
- University: Sharif University of Technology
- Department: Management and Economics
- Advisor(s): Miremadi, Iman
- Abstract:
- Globally, bicycle sharing is one of the fast-growing solutions to climate change in the transport sector. However, what inequities may be reflected, exacerbated, or arose from its adoption and use? Relying on a qualitative research design involving interviews with bicycle sharing users, non-adopters, and daily observers of the cycling infrastructure (N = 36), site visits, and a literature review, we examine distributive, procedural, and recognition injustices in association with Bdood, an operating BSS in Iran, a developing country that allows for less-documented types of injustice to arise. In doing so, we utilize a comprehensive transport/mobility justice framework, drawn from the fields of transport equity, transport justice, and mobility justice, that enables the identification of numerous distinct injustices in transport and mobility systems. Based on our findings, we provide the community, the BSS company, and municipal and governmental authorities with directions to make BSS deployment more sustainable and just.
- Keywords:
- Low-Carbon Mobility ; Bicycle Sharing System (BSS) ; Mobility Justice ; Transport Justice ; Sustainability Transition
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- 1. Introduction
- 2. Theoretical background
- 3. Research design
- 4. Results and discussions: Inventorying and classifying injustices
- 4.1. Distributive justice
- 4.2. Procedural justice
- 4.3. Recognition justice
- 4.3.1. Unrecognition: Same bicycle for all
- 4.3.1.1. Physical characteristic: Height and physical capability
- 4.3.1.2. Personal concerns: Road traffic safety, theft and harassment, personality, and physical health
- 4.3.1.3. Knowledge and skill: Riding skill and digital knowledge
- 4.3.1.4. Mobility patterns: Traveling long distances, carrying loads, having stops during the travel, and being in shortage of time
- 4.3.1.5. Personal preferences: Clothing habit and cleanliness and aesthetic standards
- 4.3.1.6. Mobility rights: Right of way of cyclists and travelers of other modes
- 4.3.2. Degradation: Social opposition and verbal harassment of cyclists
- 4.3.3. Oppression: Physical harassment and implicit exclusion of women
- 4.3.1. Unrecognition: Same bicycle for all
- 5. Conclusion and policy implication
- References
- Appendix A. Extensive literature review
- Appendix B. Extensive results and discussions
- 4.1. Distributive justice
- B.2. Procedural justice
- B.3. Recognition justice
- B.3.1. Unrecognition: Same bicycle for all
- B.3.1.1. Physical characteristic: Height and physical capability
- B.3.1.2. Personal concerns: Road traffic safety, theft and harassment, personality, and physical health
- B.3.1.3. Knowledge and skill: Riding skill and digital knowledge
- B.3.1.4. Mobility patterns: Traveling long distances, carrying loads, having stops during the travel, and being in shortage of time
- B.3.1.5. Personal preferences: Clothing habit and cleanliness and aesthetic standards
- B.3.1.6. Mobility rights: Right of way of cyclists and travelers of other modes
- B.3.2. Degradation: Social opposition and verbal harassment of cyclists
- B.3.3. Oppression: Physical harassment and implicit exclusion of women
- B.3.1. Unrecognition: Same bicycle for all
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