what gets measured gets done - amazon s3...jennifer dill professor and director, nohad a. toulan...
TRANSCRIPT
What Gets Measured Gets Done
Jennifer DillProfessor and Director,
Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning
Rebecca SandersResearch Lead and Senior Planner,
Toole Design Group
Charles BrownSenior Researcher | Adjunct Professor,Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center;
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Spencer GardnerPlanner, Toole Design Group
J e n n i f e r D i l l , P h . D . , N a t h a n M c N e i l , J o s e p h B r o a c h , P h . D . , J o h n M a c A r t h u r & S t e v e n H o w l a n d
Po r t l a n d S t a t e U n i v e r s i t yF u n d i n g f r o m B e t t e r B i ke S h a r e Pa r t n e r s h i p a n d N I T C
Findings from surveys of residents in 3 cities
Barriers to bicyclingPeople of color and lower-income residents cited more barriers to bicycling generally and using bike share than higher-income white residents. The extent of the barriers sometimes differed by race and/or income, though some barriers were universal.
Barriers to using bike shareOf 16 potential barriers, lower-income people of color selected 2.5 as big barriers, on average, compared to 1.8 for higher-income people of color, 2.0 for lower-income white1.4 for higher-income white respondents.
Barriers to using bike share
More info herehttp://trec.pdx.edu/research/project/884
Two step process
Two step process
Two step process
How can we use this information?
How can we use this information?
How can we use this information?
How can we use this information?
Charles T. Brown, MPAPlaces for Bikes Conference 2017
June 28 – 30, 2017Madison, Wisconsin
• How does the literature jive with everyday experiences
and perceptions of Black and Latina women?
– Household/extended family responsibilities
– Perceptions of the ‘typical cyclist’
– Major factors influencing mode choice: safety and the built
environment; convenience; personal security; social structures,
etc.
• What are we going to do about these barriers?
– Potential interventions – educational programming, infrastructure
investments, open streets, bike share, etc.
Twitter: @ctbrown1911
• Four groups throughout New Jersey
• Recruitment supported by local partners
• Three groups Black/Latina women; one group White
women.
• New Brunswick, Camden, Newark, Montclair
• 10 to 13 participants per focus group (47 total participants)
• 45% Black, 28% White, 17% Black Hispanic, 11% White
Hispanic
• Participants compensated for their time
Twitter: @ctbrown1911
• Black/Latina women far less likely to visualize women (Montclair women’s images
included women)
• “It’s not cool to wear a helmet, it messes up hair”
• “I need to get from one job to another.”
• Women across groups (including many self-defined bicyclists) not comfortable riding
with traffic
• Strong consensus that safety and comfort would be greatly enhanced on cycle paths,
trails and buffered/protected bicycle lanes
• Protected bicycle lanes would need to be well it and have security cameras (Camden)
• Interest in bicycle skills training/on-the road training, buddy program
• Strong interest in bike share and Open Streets programs
• Strong support for government investment in bicycle infrastructure across all groups
• "I live in a jail. My house has bars. Why? Because I feel safer that way”
• Law enforcement viewed as potential education partners for children
• Explore ways to recognize/monetize women’s role as transportation providers/informal
taxis in EJ communities
• Integrate transportation equity into local comp plans, complete streets, etc.
Twitter: @ctbrown1911
Jennifer BoldryDirector of Research, [email protected]