Title
The tyrannies of mobility: mobility and social exclusion
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2009
Subject Area
Mobility - Independence, Social Issues - Social exclusion, Transport accessibility - Access to vehicles
Abstract
Mobility, in the age of globalization, has become a key economic and social factor in society. This article discusses how urban mobility can exclude those with limited resources, since those at the bottom need a minimum amount of mobility to exist, while the so-called gentrified need the immobility of others to retain their place in society. In the middle are the suburbanized, who fall between the globalized mobility of the gentrified and the immobility of the relegated. Even when mobile, it is possible to be relatively immobile when compared with the gentrified players. At the same time, if one becomes immobile through being pushed unintentionally into it by the gentrified players, the only way to avoid the spiral of exclusion is to stay sufficiently mobile to retain links with a gentrified player.
Recommended Citation
Dekindt, J, 2009, The tyrannies of mobility: Mobility and social exclusion, Public Transport International, Vol. 58, No. 1, Pp. 42-43. Permission to publish given by UITP. Copyright remains with UITP.
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