A Mobile Century?: Changes in Everyday Mobility in Britain in the Twentieth Century

by Pooley,Colin G.

• ISBN13: 9780754641810
• ISBN10: 0754641813
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Although there is a large volume of literature on contemporary mobility and associated transport problems, there are no comprehensive studies of the ways in which these trends have changed over time. This book provides a detailed empirical analysis of mobility change in Britain over the twentieth century.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	ix
List of Tables	xi
List of Text Boxes	xiii
Preface	xv
Acknowledgements	xvii
1 The Significance of Travel and Mobility	1	(12)
Introduction	1	(1)
What is Mobility?	2	(3)
The Dimensions of Everyday Mobility	5	(4)
The Significance of Mobility	9	(2)
Structure of the Book	11	(2)
2 Mobility and Society	13	(22)
Introduction	13	(1)
Six Discourses of Mobility	14	(4)
Mobility and the Transport Infrastructure	18	(15)
Lancaster and Morecambe	24	(1)
Manchester and Salford	25	(2)
Glasgow	27	(3)
London	30	(3)
Conclusion: Mobility and Meaning	33	(2)
3 Reconstructing Mobilities	35	(16)
Introduction: What Do we Need to Know?	35	(1)
What Data are Available and What Do They Tell Us?	36	(4)
The Journey to Work Since 1890	40	(2)
Everyday Mobility Since the 1940's in Manchester/Salford and Lancaster/Morecambe	42	(4)
Problems of Data Analysis and Interpretation	46	(2)
Conclusions: Space, Time and Mobility	48	(3)
4 Changes in Everyday Mobility: An Overview	51	(32)
Introduction	51	(1)
Everyday Mobility in the First Half of the Twentieth Century	51	(6)
Everyday Mobility in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century: Evidence from the National Travel Survey	57	(5)
Everyday Mobility in Manchester/Salford and Lancaster/Morecambe: An Overview	62	(19)
The Changing Relationship Between Mobility and Migration	81	(1)
Conclusions	82	(1)
5 Travelling to School	83	(28)
Introduction: The Changing Significance of School Travel	83	(2)
The Journey to School Since 1900: Key Issues and Trends	85	(2)
Travel to School Since the 1940's for Children Aged 10/11	87	(11)
Travel to School or College Since the 1940's for Adolescents Aged 17/18	98	(11)
Conclusions	109	(2)
6 Travelling to Work	111	(28)
Introduction	111	(2)
Changes in the Journey to Work in the Twentieth Century: Distance and Time	113	(3)
Changes in the Journey to Work in the Twentieth Century: Transport Modes	116	(3)
Modal Choice and the Journey to Work	119	(12)
Walking to Work	121	(2)
Commuting by Bicycle	123	(2)
Travelling to Work by Public Transport	125	(3)
Commuting by Car	128	(3)
A Closer Look at Gender Differences in the Journey to Work	131	(3)
Changes in the Journey to Work Since the 1970's	134	(3)
Conclusions	137	(2)
7 Travel for Leisure and Pleasure: Children Playing and Hanging Around	139	(24)
Introduction	139	(3)
Changes in Independent Play by Children Aged 10/11	142	(15)
Hanging Around in Town: Adolescents Aged 17/18	157	(6)
8 Travel for Leisure and Pleasure: Entertainment, Sport, Shopping and Holidays	163	(18)
Travel for Entertainment	163	(4)
Travel for Sporting Activities	167	(3)
Travelling to Shop	170	(3)
Day Trips, Outings and Holidays	173	(7)
Conclusion	180	(1)
9 Mobility, Family and the Life Course	181	(22)
Introduction	181	(1)
Mobility and the Family	182	(4)
Mobility and the Life Course	186	(14)
Conclusions	200	(3)
10 Transport Policies, Technologies and the Experience of Everyday Mobility	203	(20)
Introduction	203	(1)
Trams, Trolley Buses and Motor Vehicles in Glasgow and Manchester	204	(7)
Travellers' Reactions to Different Forms of Intra-urban Transport	211	(10)
Conclusions	221	(2)
11 The Lessons of History: Mobility Change and Contemporary Transport Policy	223	(10)
Introduction	223	(1)
Lessons from the Past	223	(3)
Implications for Transport Policy	226	(5)
Conclusions	231	(2)
Bibliography	233	(12)
Index	245