Bicycling facility inequalities and the causality dilemma with socioeconomic/sociodemographic change

How well has the recent expansion of bicycling networks advanced transportation justice through appropriate distribution across the socioeconomic/demographic (SED) spectrum? Furthermore, does the installation of bicycling facilities lead to SED changes in a neighborhood or vice versa? The authors longitudinally assess 11,010 miles of bicycling facilities over ten years (2010–2019) in 11,293 block groups across 29 U.S. cities by facility type. Findings suggest inequalities in bicycling facility installation with People of Color (POC) experiencing the lowest rates of overall facility installation. However, bike lane installation was concentrated in lower-income areas (both POC and White). The causality relationships between bicycling facilities and SED changes were weak and largely non-significant. Income increases were followed by bicycling facility installations more so than increases in White populations were followed by bicycling facility installations. SED changes were more correlated with later bicycling facility installation than the inverse, suggesting that bicycling facilities were not linked to displacement.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2021.102920
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361920921002194
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  • © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Ferenchak, Nicholas N
  • Marshall, Wesley E
• Publication Date: 2021-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: 102920
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
  • Volume: 97
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1361-9209
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13619209

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycle facilities; Bicycle travel; Demographics; Equity; Socioeconomic factors
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Society; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01782906
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 27 2021 9:43AM