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Public Seminar “50 Years since the Tram – the History of Tram Culture in Turku and Europe” in the Finnish Media

On 1 October 2022, it was 50 years since the final tram line closed in Turku, Finland. To mark the occasion, PUTSPACE members Silja Laine, Aleksandra Ianchenko and Adam Borch organized a public seminar on the topic “50 Years since the Tram – the History of Tram Culture in Turku and Europe” (in Finnish “50 …

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CfP: Shaping Passenger Conduct in Public Transport Environments

Online workshop, Wednesday, 16 November 13:00-16:00 (EET) Organised by Christoph Schimkowsky (University of Sheffield/Åbo Akademi University) and Silja Laine (University of Turku/ Åbo Akademi University) Download the Call for Papers here. The behaviour of public transport users can sometimes become problematic or be perceived as such. Passengers skip queues, block seats on crowded trains, and …

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Be a ‘Kidult’ and Be with Children: Some Thoughts on Active and Public Transportation

By Zeynep Ceren Akyüz Correia This blog post was inspired by Onur Eylul Kara´s online course “Children Through the Eyes of World” and the discussions we had in the seminars. In my birth country Turkey, the initial reaction to the coronavirus pandemic was to rush to stock up on hand sanitizers (kolonya). Later, people sought …

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Interview with Jason Finch in the Finnish Magazine Inblick

At the end of 2021, our PI Jason Finch (Åbo Akademi University) was interviewed for the Finnish magazine Inblick. The magazine is published once a year by the Åbo Akademi University Foundation. The interview can be read on Inblick‘s pages on issue.com (in Swedish).

An Ode to Public Transport

By Merilin Raidmets In this blog post, Merilin Raidmets (Tallinn University) reflects on her experiences as a research assistant in PUTSPACE. During 2021, Raidmets assisted Louise Sträuli with fieldwork on care mobilities in Tallinn, Estonia. What is public transport without the public? Even though it can have a bad reputation, one should keep in mind …

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Infographics: PUTSPACE Survey on COVID-19 & Public Transport

By Tauri Tuvikene, Tonio Weicker, Louise Sträuli, Wojciech Kębłowski, Wladimir Sgibnev, Marcus Finbom, Céline Drieskens During the corona pandemic, public transport has faced multiple challenges. Not only have user numbers tended to diminish, but the experiences, feelings and norms that characterize public transport as a public space have also changed. PUTSPACE examined such effects during the first and …

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‘Oh Lucky Tampere, It Looks Like a Proper City Centre Now’: Reflections on a Visit to a New Tram Network

Interview by Adam Borch On Wednesday 15 September 2021, PUTSPACE visited to the new tram in Tampere, Finland. The trip was arranged by our PhD student, Aleksandra Ianchenko, and along with her came Jason Finch, Silja Laine, Louise Sträuli, Zeynep Correira and Adam Borch. Unlike other large Finnish cities such as Helsinki and Turku, Tampere …

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‘Getting a Best Man at a Lesbian Wedding’: Seinfeld and the Experience of Riding the New York Subway

By Adam Borch The comedian Jerry Seinfeld is fond of cars. One need not look further than his successful show Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012-) to get a sense of the enthusiasm that has led him to create a collection worth millions of dollars. However, when back in January 2021, the Metropolitan Transport Authority …

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