On 17/10/2023 01:48 pm, JNugent wrote:
On 17/10/2023 01:30 pm, Spike wrote:
JNugent <jnugent@mail.com> wrote:
On 17/10/2023 12:15 pm, Spike wrote:
Simon Mason <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:
Here at road.cc, we’ve always known that riding a bike can lead to >>>>> great
environmental, health, safety, social, and political benefits – and >>>>> now a
group of academics have helpfully confirmed our long-held suspicions.
A new study titled ‘Orientation towards the common good in cities: The >>>>> role of individual urban mobility behaviour’ (link is external),
undertaken by psychology researchers
Guess why I fell about laughing at this point!
Note that in this posting of the report, not one single hard fact in
support of its premises is mentioned, probably because none were
researched.
At most, based on what was mentioned, the upshot seems to be founded
on the
warm glow resulting from virtue-signalling. Good old road.cc
reporting at
its best.
Did I miss a previous post in the thread?
I'd like to see road.cc's latest sociopathic tripe.
The headers of the OP were:
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No, I never saw that one (and cannot recover it via Thunderbird).
But here it is:
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https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-17-october-2023-304523#live-blog-item-50595>
QUOTE:
Here at road.cc, we’ve always known that riding a bike can lead to great environmental, health, safety, social, and political benefits – and now
a group of academics have helpfully confirmed our long-held suspicions. ENDQUOTE
I think we can all see how and why the control freaks can cite
"environmental, health, safety" benefits (no matter how far-fetched).
But "social benefits"?
What are they?
And even more outlandish, "political benefits"?
What could they even be?
The rest:
QUOTE:
A new study titled ‘Orientation towards the common good in cities: The
role of individual urban mobility behaviour’(link is external),
undertaken by psychology researchers at the University of Hagen in
Germany and published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology,
examined the relationships between mobility behaviour – in other words,
what method of transport you use – and political participation, social participation in organisations, neighbourhood solidarity, and
neighbourly helpfulness, four facets of what the authors describe as “orientation towards the common good”.
According to the study, “a pronounced focus on the common good” is considered an essential component of social cohesion and is associated
with the wellbeing of residents across diverse communities and multiple
social levels.
However, the researchers point out that little has been previously known
about the conditions or factors that promote the common good, or how
citizens themselves can create it.
Likewise, while cycling is associated with many positive psychological variables, little is known about how it affects the common good.
By analysing surveys between 2014 and 2019 of a representative sample of
the German population, the researchers found that, in urban
environments, “cycling rather than driving was positively associated
with orientation towards the common good in all models” and that riding
a bike “was the only variable that was a significant positive predictor
for all four facets of orientation towards the common good after
controlling for possibly confounding variables (home ownership, personal income, education, sex).”
They argue that while the interactions motorists and car passengers have
with their direct environments are “significantly reduced”, cyclists on
the other hand “directly experience the breadth of social diversity and cultural heterogeneity that make up urban life and cannot escape these impressions due to sensory density”.
This direct experience of the environment around them, the authors say, “leads to a stronger emotional bond between people and their
neighbourhood” and therefore can lead to them participating in civic activities and politics.
In other words, riding a bike – and the interactions and emotional
connection you have with the people, communities, societies, and things
around you while cycling – can make you a more responsible, engaged
citizen and neighbour.
The “relative isolation” of driving, meanwhile, can “reinforce individualistic behaviours and cause drivers to neglect collective actions”.
Thus, the authors concluded that mobility behaviour is indeed
“associated with the orientation towards the common good”, findings
which they say are “significant for policy and planning because the
benefits of cycling over driving are more profound and sustainable than previously thought”.
Quick, someone get Rishi on the phone…
ENDQUOTE
That "study":
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272494423001731>
It is all based on a "might" or two.
I doubt that anyone normal gave any evidence to the self-appointed and self-educated "experts". There is certainly no mention of it.
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