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High Impact Prioritization of Bikeshare Program Investment to Improve Underserved Communities’ Access to Jobs and Essential Services.
| 题名： | High Impact Prioritization of Bikeshare Program Investment to Improve Underserved Communities’ Access to Jobs and Essential Services. |
| 作者： | Niemeier, D.; Qian, X. |
| 关键词： | Non-motorized transportation systems, High Impact Prioritization |
| 摘要： | Bikeshare systems, as a non-motorized transportation service, are a relatively recent mobility strategy offering access to a commonly shared bicycle. Members typically pick up a bicycle at a bicycle-docking station, returning the bicycle to any empty dock in proximity to the final destination. With the advent of successful bikeshare systems in Europe, a number of US cities, including Washington D.C., New York City, Chicago, and San Francisco to name just a few, have also seen bikeshare systems begin to flourish. Reducing traffic congestion, improving physical health, and avoiding private bike theft are but a few of the considerable environmental and social benefits attributed to successful bikeshare systems [1-3]. But to date, the perception is that these benefits have largely accrued to a particular demographic segment. That is, existing bikeshare systems are typically aimed at users that tend to be white, affluent, and educated. Underserved communities have largely been invisible when planning and implementing private bikeshare solutions. In this research, we present a new method for identifying how bikeshare facilities might be spatially allocated to better serve low-income household and people of color with bikeshare systems. Using our new index, we then tested our hypothesis that existing bikeshare systems have been specifically designed to target certain ridership; ridership that does not include underserved communities. We find that locating stations in proximity to underserved communities have the potential to increase household access (by bike and by bike-to-transit) to essential services. We show that appropriately siting bikeshare facilities can close accessibility gaps between mobility constrained populations and critical services. |
| 报告类型： | 科技报告 |
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