How May Public Transport Influence the Practice of Everyday Life among Younger and Older People and How May Their Practices Influence Public Transport?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Aim
1.2. Structure of the Article
2. Theoretical and Contextual Starting Points
2.1. Concepts
2.2. Contexts
2.3. Younger People
2.4. Older People
2.5. Younger and Older People
3. Materials and Methods
- Ödeshög is a small, rural municipality with about 5500 residents located in Central Southern Sweden. Other cities (both small and large) are within commuting distance; it has no train service but quite a few bus routes, mostly designed for travel to school or major workplaces.
- Uddevalla is a small city in Western Sweden with about 55,000 residents. It is within commuting distance of the city of Gothenburg with about 570,000 residents in the municipality and about 1 million in the metropolitan area. It has a good supply of public transport.
- Malmö, a medium-sized city in the south, is the third largest city in Sweden with about 330,000 residents in the city proper and 700,000 in the metropolitan area. It also has a good supply of public transport.
- Stockholm, Sweden’s capital, has about 900,000 residents in the city proper and 2 million in the surrounding metropolitan area. Stockholm is located on the east coast and is served by an extensive public transport network.
4. Results
4.1. Younger People
4.2. Older People
- Moderator:
- What if you want to go, go to a restaurant and cafe and do such things—can you do it when you live here? Can you get away with it?
- W1:
- We could do that, but we do not.
- W2:
- No, it cannot be.
- W3:
- No, we cannot afford to go to a restaurant—it costs a lot to live here.
5. Discussion
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Levin, L. How May Public Transport Influence the Practice of Everyday Life among Younger and Older People and How May Their Practices Influence Public Transport? Soc. Sci. 2019, 8, 96. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8030096
Levin L. How May Public Transport Influence the Practice of Everyday Life among Younger and Older People and How May Their Practices Influence Public Transport? Social Sciences. 2019; 8(3):96. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8030096
Chicago/Turabian StyleLevin, Lena. 2019. "How May Public Transport Influence the Practice of Everyday Life among Younger and Older People and How May Their Practices Influence Public Transport?" Social Sciences 8, no. 3: 96. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8030096