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Compounded disadvantages, primarily driven by patriarchy intersecting with classism and racism, create severe barriers to sustainable transport for marginalized groups such as low-income women with migration backgrounds, carers, and women with disabilities. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To examine how intersectionality is conceptualized and operationalized within sustainable mobility research to capture structural mechanisms of compounded disadvantage.

September 10, 2026Transport ReviewsOpen Access

Intersectionality for sustainable mobility: a systematic literature review

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MZMaria-Jose ZunigaTechnical University of Munich DDDavid Durán-RodasTechnical University of Munich MNMarta-Beatriz Fernández NúñezUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona

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Systematic review reveals compounding barriers to sustainable mobility across intersecting social identities, highlighting how unaddressed structural oppression reinforces transport inequities.

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To examine how intersectionality is conceptualized and operationalized within sustainable mobility research to capture structural mechanisms of compounded disadvantage.
Followed PRISMA guidelines to systematically search Scopus and Web of Science for peer-reviewed empirical studies published between 2013 and 2025.
Identified and synthesized 26 papers operationalizing intersectionality by examining at least two co-constituted social positions linked to structural oppression.
Identified four distinct methodological typologies ranging from explicit category matrices to exploratory emergent groupings and conceptual frameworks lacking statistical interaction testing.
Low-income women with migrant or Indigenous backgrounds, caregivers in transit-poor areas, and women with disabilities experience the most precarious conditions when utilizing walking, cycling, and transit.
Patriarchy constitutes the dominant structural oppression driving mobility exclusion, frequently interacting with racism, classism, and ableism across seven identified barrier domains.

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Zuniga et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa27b2658559d80afc74367 https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2026.2729300

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Systematic review reveals compounding barriers to sustainable mobility across intersecting social identities, highlighting how unaddressed structural oppression reinforces transport inequities.

Intersectionality for sustainable mobility: a systematic literature review

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