Biking Is Local. There is no better way to experience the art and cultural experience that is New York City. Bicycle Utopia amplifies bike as cultural lens by fostering connections and conversation. Exploring the myriad intersections of art and bicycle, Bicycle Utopia builds a community of ideas—living, breathing, bike-riding, on the network and in the city. Bikes are good for cities, and bicycling is good for everyone. See you in the streets!
Jeanne Hilary, Founder, Creative Director
Jeanne is a photographer and visual designer. She has never owned a car; she rides a bicycle year-round. With a specialization in urban planning issues–specifically, how infrastructure interfaces with social issues–she has worked on assignment for government agencies and editorial clients: the Guardian, le Monde, El Pais, La Repubblica, and The New York Times etc., throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, notably, Afghanistan, Egypt, Turkey, India, China, Japan, and Rwanda. As media evolved from analog to digital, Jeanne started to spend many more hours looking at a computer than wandering outside with a camera. Repairing bicycles brought her back to the glorious real. Master mechanic Mike Rodriguez at Bicycle Station accepted her as an apprentice; learning to fix flats and building bikes with Mike led to the launch of Bicycle Utopia in 2012. Thanks to Jeanne’s previous life, her carbon footprint is still one of the all-time biggest ever. Riding a bicycle around New York City will do nothing to remedy that.
More about Jeanne at jeannehilary.com
Anne Foster, Bicycle Correspondent
Anne‘s love of bicycles began in college when she starting using her bike to make grocery store runs. After college she spent a year teaching English in Spain. On a whim, she bought a used mountain bike and rode it from San Sebastian to Spain’s West Coast. Five hundred miles later, she was hooked for life. Since then she has dabbled in all things bicycle–from working as a bike courier in New York City to working in a bike shop in Brooklyn to writing about bikes for the New York Times.
More about Anne at annfoster.wordpress.com
Serhii Kozick, WordPress and Front End Developer
Serhii has Masters Degree in Computer Science from Kiev Politechnikal Institute. For Serhii, programming is a dynamic process of creating something new. He’s excited by the flow of writing code, and the challenges of finding the best solutions and discovering new techniques. Serhii is a big fan of bicycles. In his tiny little apartment lives four bikes, one for each member of the family. They often go for bike rides together in the forest nearby. Serhii’s longest ride is 80km.
Alexander Kleshnin, GIS & Software Engineer
Alex is an active cyclist, runner, OpenStreetMap and Mapillary contributor. Follow Alex on Strava and Twitter