@article{93b4767f3de746ec9133ddb5e3dcdf13,
title = "COVID-19, commuter territories and the e-bike boom",
abstract = "The appearance and integration of e-bikes in public space is a source of much debate worldwide. This paper offers insights to these debates by reflecting on how Deleuze and Guattari's concept of assemblage as territory helps us to understand the uptake of e-bike commuter cycling during the Covid-19 pandemic through empirical material from a study conducted in Sydney, Australia. Here we conceptualise commuter journeys in terms of processes of deterritorialisation and reterritorialisation; experienced through the affective territories generated by e-bikes. The disclosure of commuter cycling sensations generated by the pandemic disruptions to commuter routines provided an important lens through which to understand the uptake of e-bikes. The paper concludes by showing the utility of the concept of territory as a means of theorising changes to everyday mobility practices.",
author = "Gordon Waitt and Ian Buchanan and Tess Lea and Glen Fuller",
note = "Funding Information: The funding of the project was through an Australian Research Council Discovery Project entitled “Pedalling for change” (DP190100185). The research received ethical approval from the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC no. 2017/318), University of Wollongong. We thank our reviewers for their constructive comments and all participants who shared their stories of starting cycling to the City of Sydney during the lockdown in March 2020. Open access publishing facilitated by University of Wollongong, as part of the Wiley ‐ University of Wollongong agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians. Open access publishing facilitated by University of Wollongong, as part of the Wiley ‐ University of Wollongong agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians. Publisher Copyright: The information, practices and views in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). {\textcopyright} 2022 The Authors. Area published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). Funding Information: The funding of the project was through an Australian Research Council Discovery Project entitled {\textquoteleft}Pedalling for change{\textquoteright} (DP190100185). The research received ethical approval from the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC no. 2017/318), University of Wollongong. We thank our reviewers for their constructive comments and all participants who shared their stories of starting cycling to the City of Sydney during the lockdown in March 2020. Open access publishing facilitated by University of Wollongong, as part of the Wiley - University of Wollongong agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians. Open access publishing facilitated by University of Wollongong, as part of the Wiley - University of Wollongong agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians. Funding Information: The funding of the project was through an Australian Research Council Discovery Project entitled “Pedalling for change” (DP190100185). The research received ethical approval from the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC no. 2017/318), University of Wollongong. We thank our reviewers for their constructive comments and all participants who shared their stories of starting cycling to the City of Sydney during the lockdown in March 2020. Open access publishing facilitated by University of Wollongong, as part of the Wiley ‐ University of Wollongong agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians. Open access publishing facilitated by University of Wollongong, as part of the Wiley ‐ University of Wollongong agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians. Publisher Copyright: The information, practices and views in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). {\textcopyright} 2022 The Authors. Area published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers).",
year = "2023",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1111/area.12814",
language = "English",
volume = "55",
pages = "90--98",
journal = "Area",
issn = "0004-0894",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "1",
}