Bike lanes are white lanes : bicycle advocacy and urban planning / Melody L. Hoffmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffmann, Melody L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bicycle commuting--Social aspects--United States.

Bicycle commuting.

Bicycle lanes--United States.

Bicycle lanes.

City planning--United States.

City planning.

Zoning, Exclusionary.

Social aspects.

United States.

Zoning, Exclusionary--United States.

Community development, Urban--United States.

Community development, Urban.

Racism--United States.

Racism.

United States--Race relations.

Race relations.

Physical Description:

xii, 196 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]

Summary:

"The number of bicyclists are increasing in the United States, especially among the working class and people of color. In contrast to the demographics of bicyclists in the United States, advocacy for bicycling has focused mainly on the interests of white, upwardly mobile bicyclists, leading to neighborhood conflicts and accusations of racist planning. In Bike Lanes Are White Lanes, scholar Melody L. Hoffmann argues that the bicycle has varied cultural meaning as a "rolling signifier." That is, the bicycle's meaning changes in different spaces, with different people, and in different cultures. The rolling signification of the bicycle contributes to building community, influences gentrifying urban planning, and upholds systemic race and class barriers. In this study of three prominent U.S. cities--Milwaukee, Portland, and Minneapolis--Hoffmann examines how the burgeoning popularity of urban bicycling is trailed by systemic issues of racism, classism, and displacement. From a pro-cycling perspective, Bike Lanes Are White Lanes highlights many problematic aspects of urban bicycling culture and its advocacy as well as positive examples of people trying earnestly to bring their community together through bicycling. "-- Provided by publisher.

"This study of three prominent U.S. cities--Milwaukee, Portland, and Minneapolis--examines how the burgeoning popularity of urban bicycling is trailed by systemic issues of racism, classism, and displacement"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

One less car, one more critique : U.S. urban bicycle culture and advocacy

More races, less racing : the role of a bicycle race in community building

Bike lanes are white lanes : gentrification and historical racism in Portland's bicycle infrastructure planning

Recruiting people like you : class-based recruitment and bicycle advocacy in Minneapolis

The beginning of the equity era : possibilities and solutions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-192) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Hoffmann, Melody L., author. Bike lanes are white lanes

ISBN:

9780803276789

0803276788

OCLC:

928607622