LOCATION: NEW YORK, NY
TYPE: TRANSPORTATION
STATUS: COMPLETE, 2016
CLIENT: URBAN OMNIBUS
TEAM: AMANDA SCHACHTER, ALEXANDER LEVI, DUGAN LUNDAY
A partnership with The Architectural League of New York’s online publication Urban Omnibus to present City of Cycling, a three-part series exploring the complex ecosystem of transportation in New York. The series illuminates the cyclist’s New York – its speed, its networks, and the empathy its congested spaces demand from all of us. Authored by the principals of SLO Architecture – Amanda and Alex – daily bikers whose experiences have deeply informed their vision of a city that better accommodates multiple forms of mobility.*
City of Cycling looks at the current state of New York City cycling and how pedal-pushing can redefine urban space. NYC bike ridership has grown exponentially, thanks to the success of bike-share programs, the ongoing expansion of a five-borough network of protected bike-lanes, and an increasing desire to find more environmentally sound solutions to everyday getting around. Cycling is becoming a critical form of local travel, reshaping the city’s transportation infrastructures. At the same time, the reality of 50,000 daily cyclists running up against the pre-existing automobile-centered network is spurring conflict among users. As urban space evolves, diverse city-dwellers might feel either included or marginalized by alternate modes of movement.
The three installments of City of Cycling look at already realized bicycling initiatives and those currently making headway, and delve into long-term aspirations and experimental proposals in development by city agencies, advocacy groups and private citizens.
Full Series at Urban Omnibus: City of Cycling
(Images sourced from City of Cycling: Empathy, Out and About in the Bronx)
*Urban Omnibus
