There was a sense that the city was descending into a Hobbesian hell-although that impression was fed by misinformation, much of it spread by the police themselves.
By reutilizing and welding discarded tubes and saddles the old bike parts can be re-incorporated into the public realm as a simple useful urban furniture piece.
Kostya received the privileges afforded by athletes: food coupons, a new tracksuit, occasional trips to cities in western Siberia and northern Kazakhstan.
There's the motorcyclist who speeds directly into the path of a city bus, a cyclist slammed by a sedan, and a truck that clips a car and slides on its side through a busy intersection.
The findings help shed light on why those who are born and raised in urban areas are more likely to suffer from anxiety, depression and schizophrenia than those brought up in the countryside.