Comment of the Week: Rethinking car/bike choices among public housing residents
“Where did we get the idea that a bike is too expensive to buy and maintain but a car is not?”
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Biking matters most to lowest-income local households, new data shows
In the Portland area, the lower your household’s income, the more likely you are to use a bike to get to work.
Week end ramblings: Hales, PBOT, equity, dieting and more
“Portland’s downtown bike network is stuck in the 1990s. Short of a few buckets of green paint here and there, we are falling way behind in creating streets with adequate bicycling access.” Here we are at the end of another week. Hope you’ll indulge some reflection… After my holiday trip down south, I can finally … Read more
Equity concerns take center stage as bike share funding moves forward
JPACT came together this morning to green light $16.8 million in federal grants for active transportation projects.(Photo © J. Maus) A Metro committee unanimously approved a $70.7 million package of federal “regional flexible funding” at a meeting of their Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation (JPACT) this morning. 14 projects (totaling $22.9 million) — including … Read more
Want more equity in transportation? There’s a ride for that
People from different ethnic, economic, and social backgrounds will come together for the Equity Bike Ride.(Photo © J. Maus) Equity is a very big topic in transportation circles right now. From a debate over how to allocate space on the newly carfree SW Ankeny Blvd in downtown Portland, to larger discussions about where our region … Read more
Summit panel urges stronger connection between mobility, race, health
The panelists: L to R: Dr. Philip Wu, Olivia Quiroz, Mychal Tetteh, Noelle Dobson.(Photos: BikePortland/Patrick Croasdaile) In recent years, the fields of public health, equity and transportation policy have become increasingly linked. At a breakout session at the Active Transportation Summit yesterday, advocates and experts came together to learn more about why these issues are … Read more
A short guide to ‘transportation health equity’
This map, created by PSU researchers in September 2009, shows bikeway network gaps. Areas with green outlines have high minority populations.(From Equity Gap Analysis of Portland’s draft Bicycle Master Plan – PDF)