Bike Lanes Are White Lanes
Bike Lanes Are White Lanes The number of bicyclists is increasing in the United States, especially among the working class and people of color. Hoffmann argues that the bicycle has varied cultural…
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Bike Lanes Are White Lanes
The number of bicyclists is increasing in the United States, especially among the working class and people of color. 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. 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.
cities--Milwaukee, Portland, and Minneapolis--Hoffmann examines how the burgeoning 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.