Mobility -from desire to disruption
Writing from London in 2022, in the past 5 years there has been an explosion of personal mobility devices, driven(!) by new battery capabilities. As a city more endowed than many with an extraordinary thickness /density of, public transportation infrastructure, in any case, the real significance can be difficult to grasp -at least given that, even throughout the UK, a car is rarely a sole option. Cars have been more objects of desire, aspiration, and choice for a long time, but now.., it's a matter of ..agency even, of being armed. The kind of desires displayed by the most common choices are less technical whizz, elegance, style and more- dominance, disruption & contest. Movement is a competition -even a war, not harmonious. As an architect only, it is hard to say a lot and important not to say too much -without data, but as movement has been curtailed in some spots it has grown in others! It seems to be -energy, shifting from one form to another but staying the same in terms o...
