Mobilities: new perspectives on transport and society

different social groups is beyond me. What are the inequalities that shape, and are shaped by, such mobilities? I should have also liked to see more on the affective components of these mobilities: how they are experienced by the traveller as she/he goes about her or his daily business. Furthermore, as with so much of the contemporary literature on mobilities, this is very much a westernised account that seems to speak only to those living, and moving, in the global north. I could not see much on jogging, running or other exercise (none of these ‘daily spatial mobilities' appears in the index), while the one page on cycling (out of 200 pages of text) does it little justice. There is a longer treatment of walking, and plenty on public transport. Much as I found very useful the descriptions of elements of mobility in cyberspace, I felt there was a missed opportunity to say more about the human dimensions of these interactions. Kellerman refers briefly to Hägerstrand's classic paper ‘What about people in regional science?’ I felt he could have said more about people throughout his book; the material objects and technologies are well described, but the human actor and human voice are, respectively, somewhat marginalised and, if not silent, rather quiet. One problem with saying anything about modern ICTs is that these evolve rapidly, and therefore, description and analysis dates rapidly. Thus, for example, while there is a useful brief discussion of Facebook, there is virtually nothing on Twitter. Despite these criticisms the book serves a useful purpose. I doubt I will consult it on a daily basis, or carry it around with me in my daily journeys, or Tweet it, but I am pleased to have it on my (real) bookshelf and students of mobilities will find much of it to be a good starting point for their research.