New research examines New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia systems in order to understand what plays into bike share use, and how these factors vary by race/ethnicity and income.
Pandemic-era changes to the built environment have dramatically shifted the urban bike landscape. But if equity had been centered, would the numbers be higher?
A new study shows that areas with less bike infrastructure experience disproportionate ticketing, compounding the effects of racially biased policing and transportation policies.