She was a grad student in Texas writing this in a 2014 project entry, "It is important, . . that every community making transportation investments, including bicycling and walking investments, understand the potential inequities that may result and use that understanding to ensure more equitable processes and outcomes."
Student’s tool measures urban bike transportation equity
Rachel Prelog
Municipal planners can use a tool developed by a Texas A&M urban planning student to determine if the location of current or planned bicycle lanes in their community enhance the mobility of residents who may not have ready access to automobiles.
The Bicycle Equity Index, developed by Rachel Prelog, is described in her [report] (http://www.bikeleague.org/content/new-report-equity-access-bicycle-infrastructure) “Equity of Access to Bicycle Infrastructure,” which was commissioned and published by the [League of American Bicyclists] (http://www.bikeleague.org/) , a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group.
“Prelog’s report provides a means for communities to better understand the relationship between demographic groups and their respective access to bicycle lanes,” said Ken McLeod, an LAB legal and policy specialist.
The index is a composite measure of U.S. Census data from five population groups — people less than 18 and more than 65 years old, minorities, low-income and zero-car households. . .
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Why Won’t LAB Fix Flawed Report That Says Chicago Bike Plan Is Inequitable?
In 2012, the city of Chicago, the Active Transportation Alliance, and hundred of residents made a major effort to ensure the Streets for Cycling Plan 2020 would create a bike network with convenient access for all Chicagoans, regardless of who they are or where they live.
The Chicago Department of Transportation held eight public meetings, all over the city, to collect input for the 645-mile planned network. Nine community advisory groups, most of them led by African-American or Latino residents, were established to help make sure the network would be useful and equitable.
Last week, the League of American Bicyclists released the study “Equity of Access to Bicycle Infrastructure” by Rachel Prelog, a Colorado-based urban planning grad student. The report establishes a “Bike Equity Index” method of using Census data to explore how well a bike network provides access to underserved communities, including neighborhoods of color. Prelog uses Chicago as the case study.
The report suggests that the effort to plan a Chicago bike network with equal benefit for people of all races and ethnicities was a failure
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