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Hoffmann, Melody L.
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Bicycle commuting -- Social aspects -- United States.
Bicycle lanes -- United States.
City planning -- United States.
Zoning, Exclusionary -- United States.
Community development, Urban -- United States.
Racism -- United States.
Race relations -- United States.
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Hoffmann, Melody L.
Bicycle commuting -- Social aspects -- United States.
Bicycle lanes -- United States.
City planning -- United States.
Zoning, Exclusionary -- United States.
Community development, Urban -- United States.
Racism -- United States.
Race relations -- United States.
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Bike lanes are white lanes : bicycle advocacy and urban planning / Melody L. Hoffmann.
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Hoffmann, Melody L.
University of Nebraska Press, 2020.
Call #:
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.3472
H711b
Subjects
Bicycle commuting -- Social aspects -- United States.
Bicycle lanes -- United States.
City planning -- United States.
Zoning, Exclusionary -- United States.
Community development, Urban -- United States.
Racism -- United States.
Race relations -- United States.
ISBN:
9781496222312 (pbk.)
Description:
xii, 196 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-192) and index.
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.
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."--From publisher.
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