Abstract

The recognition of cycling as a beneficial mode of transportation and leisure pursuit and the need for dedicated changes to the built environment continue to grow. However, cities worldwide dedicate very little of their budgets to cycling infrastructure, and investment remains contentious. By focusing attention on education and law enforcement, cities abstract, detract from, and dehumanize cycling space. Doing so obfuscates the complexity of cycling safety and its entanglement with the built environment. Inspired by Lefebvre’s spatial triad and “the right to the city,” this paper engages with local cyclists to expose the social production of “safe cycling space,” how it reproduces, and how cyclists resist. The findings include an ongoing tension between drivers and cyclists, cyclists taking safety into their own hands, and calling for better infrastructure to denote cycling space. In doing so, they offer direction to make cycling safer for individuals and to increase participation.

摘要

骑自行车作为一种有益的交通方式和休闲方式的认可以及对建筑环境进行专门改变的需求不断增长。然而，世界各地的城市将很少的预算用于自行车基础设施，投资仍然存在争议。通过将注意力集中在教育和执法上，城市抽象、贬低和非人化了自行车空间。这样做会混淆自行车安全及其与建筑环境的复杂性。受 Lefebvre 的空间三元组和“城市权”的启发，本文与当地骑自行车的人合作，揭示“安全自行车空间”的社会生产、它如何复制以及骑自行车的人如何抵制。调查结果包括司机和骑自行车的人之间持续紧张，骑自行车的人将安全掌握在自己手中，并呼吁改善基础设施以表示自行车空间。通过这样做，他们提供了使个人骑自行车更安全并增加参与度的方向。