Final published version
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Research output: Other contribution
Research output: Other contribution
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TY - GEN
T1 - Europe’s bicycle workshops as contributors to community economies and sustainable urban transport
AU - Batterbury, Simon
N1 - A final report. http://urbanstudies.brussels/sites/bcus.be/files/Urban%20Traces%20report_Simon%20Batterbury.pdf
PY - 2018/2/1
Y1 - 2018/2/1
N2 - Bike workshops or ateliers vélo are examples of urban sustainability ‘in action’. Not-for-profit in orientation, they rely on voluntary labour, and cheap or free premises, to provide an‘urban commons’ where people source parts and learn to fix up a working bicycle, aided by volunteers. Dead bikes and bits are salvaged and brought back to life on city streets.I studied several workshops in Brussels in 2015. This is summary report published by the funders. Workshops were found to offer local economic and social benefits, in terms of transportation and as part of community economies, acting as hubs for social links and actions. Workshops aim towards vélonomie – bicycle autonomy, people that can ride and maintain their own machine. This is their contribution to more sustainable and alternative transport, and also to community solidarity.
AB - Bike workshops or ateliers vélo are examples of urban sustainability ‘in action’. Not-for-profit in orientation, they rely on voluntary labour, and cheap or free premises, to provide an‘urban commons’ where people source parts and learn to fix up a working bicycle, aided by volunteers. Dead bikes and bits are salvaged and brought back to life on city streets.I studied several workshops in Brussels in 2015. This is summary report published by the funders. Workshops were found to offer local economic and social benefits, in terms of transportation and as part of community economies, acting as hubs for social links and actions. Workshops aim towards vélonomie – bicycle autonomy, people that can ride and maintain their own machine. This is their contribution to more sustainable and alternative transport, and also to community solidarity.
KW - bicycle politics
KW - community workshops
KW - Repair
KW - Transportation -- Social aspects
M3 - Other contribution
T3 - Brussels Centre for Urban Studies Urban Traces reports
PB - Brussels Centre for Urban Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
CY - Brussels
ER -