Jonas KAPITZA, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Geography and Geoecology (IfGG), Germany
Night Studies have recently emerged as an important field of research, with an increasing number of scientists from different disciplines focusing on this topic (Kyba et al., 2020; Garcia-Ruiz & Nofre, 2020). Despite the increased interest, the aspects of night and mobility have hardly been linked in science so far. However, especially in recent times, factors such as an increasing diversification of lifestyles and a far-reaching flexibilization and deregulation of working hours have led to a major change in the forms of mobility at night, during which the traffic for work purposes has also undergone a strong transformation (Weber & Henckel, 2019). Nevertheless, the topic of nighttime commuting is largely unexplored.
My dissertation is an attempt to fill this research gap by examining how nighttime commuters perceive and organize their ways to work in their everyday life. In my presentation, I will present first results from the analysis of a recent dataset resulting from my own large-scale survey of night commuters' trips in the urban area of Karlsruhe. The survey includes a sample of 736 individuals from more than twenty employment sectors. In my presentation, I will focus on perceptions of nighttime commuting in terms of feelings of safety and insecurity. I will outline which places, days of the week, times of the day, and modes of transportation are perceived as particularly unsafe or safe and provide the reasons for this. I will also explain the extent to which these perceptions lead to a reorganization of the nighttime commutes. In addition, I will focus on evaluating public safety measures such as security personnel, camera surveillance, and lighting of public places, streets, and transit stops. In this way, a first simplified overview of the perception of night commuting in terms of security aspects will be given using the example of the Karlsruhe urban area.
Mots clés : Night|Commuting|Perception|Security|Lighting
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