Racial Equity, Black America, and Public Transportation, Volume 1: A Review of Economic, Health, and Social Impacts (2022) / Chapter Skim
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Social Causes and Impacts 21 Two studies, one study in Seattle and one study in Denver, illustrate the link between gentrification and light-rail investment. In Seattle, Hess found that light-rail stations can serve as anchors for gentrification, and the neighborhood and demographic change caused by stations militates against the goal of creating transit for existing residents (2020)
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22 Racial Equity, Black America, and Public Transportation skepticism, and apathy between impacted communities and practitioners. Black residents' concerns about the negative impacts of transportation-related investments stem from outcomes like displacement, as well as from residents not being able to expect their needs or quality of life outcomes will be prioritized over existing urban renewal plans.
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Social Causes and Impacts 23 features affordable housing and Aztec, Mayan, and Mexican art. This type of TOD planning is culturally responsive and guided by activists and resident leaders who are trusted by the existing community.
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24 Racial Equity, Black America, and Public Transportation Figure 4. Distribution of sidewalk cycling citations with bicycle infrastructure in Chicago 2017–2019.
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Social Causes and Impacts 25 had missed an earlier bus. The bus stop nearest to her house was immediately across the street from her apartment building, with the nearest crosswalks each a third of a mile away.
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26 Racial Equity, Black America, and Public Transportation in transportation planning is through the installation of bike lanes. Because of the correlation between the construction of bike lanes and gentrification, Black people across the United States have often been adamant about resisting potential cultural erasure and co-opting of their neighborhoods and public space.
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27 Planners are trained to believe that transportation-infrastructure and policy decisions can result in unintended impacts deriving from standard processes for distributing transportation investments. However, the literature shows the disproportionality of burdens encountered by Black people and communities is foreseeable and preventable.
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