Incompetent or Too Competent? Negotiating Everyday Cycling Identities in a Motor Dominated Society

Mobilities

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 252-271

  Aldred, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cycling; cyclist; identity; inequality; stigma

Indexed keywords

CYCLE TRANSPORT; MANAGEMENT; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION MODE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84876318325     PISSN: 17450101     EISSN: 1745011X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2012.696342     Document Type: Article

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