TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Cycling in the post-socialist city: on travelling by bicycle in Sofia, Bulgaria
JO  - Urban studies
A1  - Barnfield, Andrew
A1  - Plyushteva, Anna
SP  - 1822
EP  - 1835
VL  - 53
IS  - 9
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0042-0980
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098015586536
ID  - ref1
ER  -