"care work, which is all of the things that somebody does in our lives that is unpaid, but is, like, the function of daily life - is the foundation of everything. Like we, we do not leave the house, we don't get up in the morning and have breakfast and, you know, have a shower and leave for work without somebody performing some active care for us."
"And the same goes in terms of how people move through our cities. And I think that the reason that it's coming out more is, you know, as we slowly shift towards this idea that not all transport is about economic gain, it's not about going to work and coming home again, we start to understand that those trips are not the same. It's about going and dropping kids off at school or"
Infrastructural care refers to unpaid care work that underpins daily life and shapes how people move through cities. Care-related trips include school drop-offs, shopping, and caregiving, which differ from typical commute patterns and create time poverty. Examples include "care blocks" in Bogota and superblocks in Barcelona that provide life-stage mobility benefits. Safety initiatives such as Safety Pin in Delhi address gendered safety concerns that affect mobility choices. Policy efforts have begun to recognize care infrastructure beyond commuting. Women elected to leadership roles often implement pragmatic changes that increase cycling and design transport to reflect caregiving trip patterns.
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