Introduction: creating an inclusionary bicycle justice movement -- Is the right to bicycle a civil right? Synergies and tensions between the transportation justice movement and planning for bicycling -- Is Portland's bicycle success story a celebration of gentrification? A theoretical and statistical analysis of bicycle use and demographic change -- Freedom of movement/freedom of choice: an enquiry into utility cycling and social justice in post-apartheid Cape Town, 1994-2015 -- Advocating through data: community visibilities in crowdsourced cycling data -- Advancing discussions of cycling interventions based on social justice -- Theorizing bicycle justice using social psychology: examining the intersection of mode and race with the conceptual model of roadway interactions -- Delivering (in)justice: food delivery cyclists in New York City -- Rascuache cycling justice -- No choice but to bike: undocumented and bike-dependent in rust belt America -- Aburrido! Cycling on the U.S./Mexican border with Doble Rueda bicycle collective in Matamoros, Tamaulipas -- Civil bikes: embracing Altanta's racialized history through bicycle tours -- Decentering whiteness in organized bicycling: notes from inside -- Community bicycle workshops and "invisible cyclists" in Brussels -- Community disengagement: the greatest barrier to equitable bike share -- No hay peor lucha que la que no se hace: re-negotiating cycling in a Latino community -- Collectively subverting the status quo at the Youth Bike Summit -- Mediating the 'white lanes of gentrification' in Humboldt Park: community-led economic development and the struggle over public space.
Summary:
"As bicycle commuting grows in the United States, the profile of the white, middle-class cyclist has emerged. This stereotype evolves just as investments in cycling play an increasingly important role in neighborhood transformations. However, despite stereotypes, the cycling public is actually quite diverse, with the greatest share falling into the lowest income categories. "Bicycle Justice and Urban Transformation" demonstrates that for those with privilege, bicycling can be liberatory, a lifestyle choice, whereas for those surviving at the margins, cycling is not a choice, but an often oppressive necessity. Ignoring these "invisible" cyclists skews bicycle improvements towards those with choices. This book argues that it is vital to contextualize bicycling within a broader social justice framework if investments are to serve all street users equitably. "Bicycle justice" is an inclusionary social movement based on furthering material equity and the recognition that qualitative differences matter. This book illustrates equitable bicycle advocacy, policy and planning. In synthesizing the projects of critical cultural studies, transportation justice and planning, the book reveals the relevance of social advocates, academics and students in the fields of transportation planning, urban planning, community development, urban geography, sociology and policy."--Page 4 of cover.
Series:
Routledge, equity, justice and the sustainable city series
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