Equity
Basics
Don’t Drive? It’s Getting Harder to Vote in Texas
Today is the first federal general election since the Supreme Court struck down key portions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Texas and other states have taken full advantage of their new ability to make changes to their voting rights laws without federal approval. And under the new law, people without a driver's license are finding themselves disenfranchised.
November 4, 2014
Confirmed: Sprawl and Bad Transit Increase Unemployment
Since the 1960s and the earliest days of job sprawl, the theory of "spatial mismatch" -- that low-income communities experience higher unemployment because they are isolated from employment centers -- has shaped the way people think about urban form and social equity.
October 30, 2014
Talking Headways Podcast: Dear Bike People
Do people of color and low-income people ride bikes? Not as much as they could, given all the great benefits biking offers, particularly to people without a lot of disposable cash. But yes, non-white and non-rich people ride bikes -- in high numbers compared to the general population, by some measures.
October 23, 2014
NYC Bike-on-Sidewalk Tickets Most Common in Black and Latino Communities
Of all the possible ways to break the law on a bicycle, pedaling on the sidewalk ought to be one of the most sympathetic.
October 21, 2014
Conquering the Unbearable Whiteness of Bike Advocacy: An Equity How-To
Many bicycle advocacy groups find themselves in a sticky position today: They’re increasingly aware that their membership doesn’t reflect the diversity of the broader population, but they’re not sure how to go about recruiting new members, or how to do it in a way that doesn’t amount to tokenism.
October 14, 2014
What the Data Tell Us About Bicycling and Household Income in America
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets.
August 7, 2014
Study: People in Low-Income Areas More Likely to Be Killed While Walking
Who is most at risk of being hit by a car?
August 5, 2014
Talking Headways Podcast: Poor Door Von Spreckelsen
In this week's podcast, Jeff and I take on the infamous New York City "poor door," designed to keep tenants of affordable units segregated from the wealthy residents that occupy the rest of the high-rise at 40 Riverside. In the process, we take on the assumptions and methods that cities use to provide housing, and by the time we're done, we've blown a hole in the whole capitalist system.
August 4, 2014
African American Cyclists — And Others — Weigh in on Race and Biking
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets.
July 29, 2014
Why Do African Americans Tend to Bike Less?
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets.
July 28, 2014