Book of Abstracts from the Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) Conference 2025

This paper examines inequalities in access to, and experiences of, walking and cycling.Drawing primarily on research and data from the United Kingdom, it also reflects on differences across contexts and between walking and cycling.The analysis highlights gender inequalities while emphasising the importance of addressing additional forms of inequality, including intersectional marginalisation and exclusion, which are less often explored.Particular attention is given to disparities in access -such as whether cycle networks are available to different groups or residents of disadvantaged suburban areas -alongside questions of experiential equity.The paper argues that the marginalisation of active travel is closely entangled with other forms of social marginalisation, and that advancing equity in sustainable mobility requires both distributive and experiential justice.