Youth transitions: mobility and the travel intentions of 12-20 year olds, Reading, UK
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Barker, J., Ademolu, E., Bowlby, S. and Musson, S. 2019. Youth transitions: mobility and the travel intentions of 12-20 year olds, Reading, UK. Children's Geographies. 17 (4), pp. 442-453. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2018.1543853
Type | Article |
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Title | Youth transitions: mobility and the travel intentions of 12-20 year olds, Reading, UK |
Authors | Barker, J., Ademolu, E., Bowlby, S. and Musson, S. |
Abstract | Whilst Western societies may have reached ‘peak car’, young people are arguably the most significant group whose levels of car ownership, use and driving licence acquisition have declined. Against this backdrop, the paper discusses qualitative research conducted in Reading, UK considering young people’s (aged 12-20) views about bus travel. Whilst current pricing structures (both in Reading and across the UK) often offer under 18s discounted travel, the paper explores young people’s intentions about future travel as young adults. Drawing upon theorisations around youth transitions, we discuss how young people expect their mobility patterns to change as young adults in complex, shifting, fluid ways, and to involve multi-modal travel. Young people construct complex choice-biographies through which they plan pathways to navigate these mobility transitions. Although a small-scale study, this paper also offers some insights into the challenges, complexities and limitations of researching mobility intention. |
Keywords | Youth; transition; mobility; bus; intention |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
Journal | Children's Geographies |
ISSN | 1473-3285 |
1473-3277 | |
Publication dates | |
Online | 11 Nov 2018 |
04 Jul 2019 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 14 Nov 2018 |
Accepted | 23 Oct 2018 |
Submitted | 18 Jul 2018 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Copyright Statement | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Children's Geographies on 11/11/2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14733285.2018.1543853 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2018.1543853 |
Web of Science identifier | WOS:000476925100006 |
Language | English |
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