How is the Netherlands using cycling to reduce mobility poverty?

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Do you know what mobility poverty is? Mobility poverty refers to limited access to transportation options that disproportionately affects low-income individuals, older adults, individuals with disabilities, and those living in rural or marginalized areas, hindering their ability to meet their needs and participate fully in society. For a long time, people thought that mobility poverty was not really an issue in the Netherlands, because people thought that everyone could use a bicycle; a very cheap, healthy and easy mode of transport. Bicycle is indeed a transport mode that has the potential to empower the mobility of vulnerable groups. But, even in the Netherlands, land of bicycles, not everyone has the ability or access to cycling. This is what we call the cycling poverty. Let’s travel to the Netherlands to meet with Babet Hendriks (Mobility Poverty Expert at Mobycon) and Inez Rastovac (Project Manager Dignity at City of Tilburg) to discover how cycling can reduce mobility poverty in the Netherlands.

For more information on the motility concept of Vincent Kaufmann (Swiss sociologist), check out this paper: https://forumviesmobiles.org/en/node/3259/printable/pdf

This video was shot in Autumn 2022 in collaboration with Breda University of Applied Sciences.

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