Cycling in the post-socialist city: : On travelling by bicycle in Sofia, Bulgaria

• Autores: Andrew Barnfield, Anna Plyushteva
• Localización: Urban Studies, ISSN-e 1360-063X, Vol. 53, Nº. 9, 2016, págs. 1822-1835
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • There are many ways of moving through a city. Cycling is one which has received considerable attention from urban scholars. Yet it has remained largely neglected within the burgeoning literature on the post-socialist urbanisms of Central and Eastern Europe. This paper uses a case study from Sofia, Bulgaria to address this gap in urban research. By exploring the practices and affordances of cycling, we offer a discussion of everyday mobility, public life and urban space in post-socialist Sofia. This case study incorporates ethnography and in-depth interviews with regular cyclists. Through a discussion of bicycling spaces and practices, this paper complicates the notion of post-socialist cities as places defined by the decline of public sensibilities.