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Title:

Bike Share and Equity in Low-Income Communities of Color: What Opportunities Are There to Include Older Adults?

Accession Number:

01657523

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Typically, equity efforts to improve bike share to be “for all” have targeted low-income populations and people of color. One segment of the population that has often been overlooked that of older-adults, people 65 years old and older. This paper used a sample of people of color 55 years of age and older (n=532) from a larger survey of residents in low-income communities of color served by bike share in Chicago, IL, Philadelphia, PA, and Brooklyn, NY to determine what opportunities exist to include older adults of color in bike share systems. The authors analyzed differences in opinions and barriers to bicycling and bike share, efficacy of bike share program changes, and reasons to use bike share by age group by their physical ability to ride a bike, their willingness to ride a bike, when they last rode a bike, and their likelihood to ride a bike share bike in the next 6 months. Results indicated that while only 3% of those +55 years and older had ridden a bike share bike, nearly a quarter expressed interest in riding one in the near future. Older-adults from the authors' sample indicated that some may be persuaded to ride bike share with the changes being implemented to improve access to low-income populations and people of color. Others still need additional changes to be implemented such as classes on how to ride a bike and availability of alternative bikes, such as trikes, before they will ride a bike share bike.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANF20 Standing Committee on Bicycle Transportation. Alternate title: Bikeshare and Equity in Low-Income Communities of Color: What Opportunities Are There to Include Older Adults?

Report/Paper Numbers:

18-05111

Language:

English

Authors:

Howland, Steven
McNeil, Nathan
Broach, Joseph
Macarthur, John
Dill, Jennifer

Pagination:

17p

Publication Date:

2018

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2018-1-7 to 2018-1-11
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

References; Tables

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Society; Vehicles and Equipment

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2018 Paper #18-05111

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 8 2018 11:17AM