Citation

Barnfield A, Plyushteva A. Urban Stud. 2016; 53(9): 1822-1835.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Urban Studies Journal Limited, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0042098015586536

PMID

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Abstract

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.

Language: en