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SUMMARY:Why infrastructure alone won't build bike cities - Hellem de Freit
 as Miranda\, Antonio NELSON Rodrigues da Silva
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DESCRIPTION:Cycling promotion is often associated with material factors\, 
 such as the provision of infrastructure\, the built environment\, and envi
 ronmental conditions. These elements are considered key determinants of th
 e success of cycling initiatives\, while symbolic factors\, such as person
 al motivations\, psychosocial perceptions\, socioeconomic characteristics
 \, and policy development\, are sometimes viewed as secondary. Empirical e
 vidence challenges this assumption\, as seen in São Paulo\, which\, despi
 te significantly expanding its bicycle network (guided by models from the 
 Global North)\, has achieved limited success in cycling promotion. This ra
 ises the following question: Is bicycle infrastructure sufficient to boost
  cycling in cities of the Global South?\nThis study aims to compare these 
 two explanatory paradigms: the materialist\, which attributes the primary 
 role to infrastructure\, and the cultural-systemic\, which recognizes poli
 tical and symbolic factors as structural determinants. Using a comparative
  qualitative approach\, three Latin American cities (São Paulo\, Bogotá
 \, and Buenos Aires) were analyzed based on the Operational Model of Bicyc
 le Culture. The study examined the extent to which infrastructure represen
 ted a priority factor in these contexts and how the other determinants ope
 rated to lead (or not) to a pro-bicycle cultural transition.\nResults indi
 cated that\, although infrastructure is a necessary condition for the prac
 tical viability of cycling\, it is insufficient to trigger processes of cu
 ltural transition. Long-term political leadership\, activist pressure\, an
 d a positive social image emerge as factors that precede and determine the
  effectiveness of physical interventions. Cross-party political agreements
 \, the incorporation of bicycles into the social imagination\, and the con
 solidation of an organized civil society proved to be decisive for the sus
 tainability of these interventions after their implementation. Furthermore
 \, structural barriers common in the Latin American context\, such as urba
 n and gender-based violence\, highlighted the need for a critical perspect
 ive regarding the adoption of pre-packaged solutions that may not address 
 the uniqueness of each location.
LOCATION:Plenary room (Lecture Room 2.2)
URL:https://pretalx.com/crbam-2026/talk/33P7PV/
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