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SUMMARY:Understanding cycling practices among Portuguese-origin population
 s in Switzerland - Andreia Dinis Pinto
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DESCRIPTION:Cycling has gained increasing attention in many cities of the 
 Global North due to its affordability\, health benefits\, and low environm
 ental impact. However\, despite its growing promotion\, including in Switz
 erland\, cycling participation remains unevenly distributed across social 
 groups\, with individuals with a migration background being less likely to
  cycle than non-migrant populations across high- and low-cycling countries
 .\nYet\, research on inequalities in cycling remains relatively limited co
 mpared to other transport modes\, and is largely concentrated in Anglo-Sax
 on contexts. European evidence remains scarce\, particularly regarding mig
 rant populations. Addressing this gap\, our previous work shows that Portu
 guese immigrants in Switzerland are 53% less likely to commute by bicycle 
 than their Swiss counterparts.\nThis contribution examines how cycling pra
 ctices emerge\, evolve\, or fail to develop among Portuguese-origin popula
 tions in Switzerland\, with particular attention to generational and gende
 r differences.\nThe analysis is grounded in a conceptual framework inspire
 d by the notion of velomobility\, which approaches cycling as the outcome 
 of the interaction between individual characteristics and territorial cond
 itions. On the one hand\, individual cycling potential refers to the resou
 rces and dispositions that enable cycling\, including access to a bicycle
 \, the acquisition of cycling skills\, and representations and perceptions
  associated with cycling. On the other hand\, territorial hosting potentia
 l captures the extent to which physical and built environments and social 
 norms support or constrain cycling practices.\nThese dimensions are mobili
 sed to analyse cycling as a multi-stage process\, from early-life experien
 ces to adult practices. The framework is further complemented by the conce
 pts of travel socialisation and travel assimilation\, which make it possib
 le to account for the influence of migration trajectories\, peers (e.g. fr
 iends and family)\, and generational dynamics in shaping cycling behaviour
 s.\nThe study is based on original survey data collected by the authors at
  the national level between May and October 2025 (N = 1\,651) and adopts a
  quantitative approach. It examines cycling both as a multi-stage process
 \, ranging from early-life experiences (such as access to a bicycle and le
 arning to cycle) to current practices\, and through key structuring dimens
 ions\, including gender\, generational belonging and migration background
 \, as well as territorial conditions\, socialisation across both countries
 \, and representations associated with cycling.\nThe empirical strategy re
 lies on multivariate analyses to examine the different dimensions outlined
  above\, including early-life conditions\, socio-demographic characteristi
 cs\, territorial contexts\, socialisation processes across countries\, and
  cycling-related representations\, in order to better understand how these
  factors jointly shape cycling practices across different social groups an
 d contexts among the Portuguese-origin populations in Switzerland.
LOCATION:Room 2 (Lecture Room 2.1)
URL:https://pretalx.com/crbam-2026/talk/TTCRXA/
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