Mumbai on Two Wheels: Cycling, Urban Space, and Sustainable Mobility

Mumbai is not commonly seen as a bike-friendly city, but Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria's book Mumbai on Two Wheels challenges assumptions and offers an alternative to mainstream sustainable transportation discussions. It provides insights from bicycle activists, commuters, food delivery workers, event organizers, planners, technicians, shop owners, and architects, showing how pedaling through the city produces a way of seeing and understanding infrastructure. Readers will come away with a new perspective on what makes a city bicycle friendly and an awareness that lessons for a more equitable and sustainable urban future can be found in surprising places.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 258 pages
Publication date: 05 August 2024
Publisher: University of Washington Press

Cyclists from India are reimagining transportation infrastructure for all, challenging assumptions that underlie sustainable transportation planning. Mumbai, often seen as a bike-unfriendly city due to its dense traffic and lack of bicycle lanes, supports rapidly expanding and eclectic bicycle communities. Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria's book Mumbai on Two Wheels offers an alternative to mainstream sustainable transportation discussions, drawing insights from bicycle activists, commuters, food delivery workers, event organizers, planners, technicians, shop owners, and architects. Through ethnographic vignettes and descriptions of diverse biking experiences, the book shows how pedaling through the city produces a way of seeing and understanding infrastructure. Readers will gain a new perspective on what makes a city bicycle friendly and an awareness that lessons for a more equitable and sustainable urban future can be found in surprising places.

Weight: 402g
Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780295752693