Book ID: CBB823066357

Bike Lanes Are White Lanes: Bicycle Advocacy and Urban Planning (2016)

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Hoffmann, Melody L. (Author)


University of Nebraska Press


Publication Date: 2016
Physical Details: xii + 196 pp.
Language: English

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.

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Review James A. Pritchard (October 2018) Review of "Bike Lanes Are White Lanes: Bicycle Advocacy and Urban Planning". Environmental History (pp. 903-904). unapi

Essay Review Peter Cox (June 2017) Review Essay: Cities, states and bicycles. Writing cycling histories and struggling for policy relevance. The Journal of Transport History (pp. 124-136). unapi

Review Harry Oosterhuis (March 2018) Review of "Bike Lanes Are White Lanes: Bicycle Advocacy and Urban Planning". Transfers (pp. 150-152). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Emanuel, Martin
Reid, Carlton
Oldenziel, Ruth
Henk-Jan Dekker
Friss, Evan
Hoffmann, Melody L.
Concepts
Land transportation
Bicycles
Cycling
Public policy
Mobility
Urban planning
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, early
20th century, late
Places
United States
Netherlands
Europe
China
Great Britain
Sweden
Institutions
Mitsubishi Trading Company
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