Patrick Miner- PhD candidate at University of Edinburgh
Patrick Miner
- PhD candidate at University of Edinburgh
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Introduction
Geographer who studies mobilities, transport, and cities. Currently a final-year PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh. My research uses mixed methods to explore the repurposing of car-allocated spaces to improve human and environmental health and wellbeing. This work draws on my training in critical geography and in both quantitative and qualitative methods.
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Education
September 2021 - September 2025
September 2017 - November 2018
September 2007 - June 2011
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Publications (3)
In the early 20th century, car crashes were an aberration fought against by city dwellers, safety advocates, and especially parents of children killed by drivers (Norton 2008). In the century since, crashes have been socially constructed as natural, accidental, or unavoidable events. This paper discusses recently compiled historical data on car cra...
Despite the widespread harm caused by cars and automobility, governments, corporations, and individuals continue to facilitate it by expanding roads, manufacturing larger vehicles, and subsidising parking, electric cars, and resource extraction. This literature review synthesises the negative consequences of automobility, or car harm, which we have...
As driving rates reach (or surpass) pre-pandemic levels, many governments in the Global North are preparing investments in electric vehicle charging infrastructure. In doing so, these governments are perpetuating the pre-pandemic status quo of harmful automobility. Limited resources that could be spent to improve walking, wheeling, cycling, and pub...
