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This paper aims (i) to demonstrate the relevance of deepening the study of time usage from the individual and family perspectives and (ii) to put in dialog perceptions and uses of time with daily mobility patterns. It is increasingly imperative to consider mobility and the uses of time as central axes of lifestyles, highlighting the weight of several variables in the definition of lifestyle choices, namely transportation options. This reflection is based on an empirical study carried out in Portugal through interviews in the metropolitan areas of Lisbon and Porto. The analysis leads to the conclusion that, in addition to physical distances people have to cover, the choice of specific means of transportation is strongly dependent on the perceptions and uses of time. It is also evident that time is simultaneously dependent on the way technologies are absorbed into daily life and that time remains a matter of constraint and social opportunity.
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This work was supported by FCT, through the Strategic Financing of the R&D Unit UID/SOC/03126/2019.
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Oliveira, C.S., Araújo, E. (2020). Mobility Time Style: For an Integrated View of Time and Mobility in Societies with a Future. In: Pereira, P., Ribeiro, R., Oliveira, I., Novais, P. (eds) Society with Future: Smart and Liveable Cities. SC4Life 2019. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 318. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45293-3_13
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