housing, jobs, education, and poverty: making the connection with bicycling - jeff sovich
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More and more communities across the US are embracing the value that bicyclingbrings to their transportation systems and local economies. Even so, wide and growing gaps remain in educational attainment, employment opportunities, affordable housing options, and socio-economic mobility.But a simple invention that has been in common use for 130 years could be the key to shrinking these gaps and reversing these negative trends, to create more prosperous and equitable communities. The bicycle is uniquely positioned at the very busy intersection where transportation, housing, jobs, education, poverty, equity, health, safety, and many other crucial issues converge.Until very recently, the members of our communities who stand to gain the most from the wide ranging benefits of bicycling have been those least engaged by the bicycling advocacy movement. That situation is changing rapidly for the better, but so far the dialogue has focused mainly on promoting proportionate minority representation in bike advocacy efforts and on increasing the share of minority people who ride bicycles, rather than on the transformative power of bicycling to bring about positive social change.This session will explore ways that bicycling can be a tool for improving housing affordability, physical mobility, employment opportunities, and academic achievement, especially among minority and low-income populations.TRANSCRIPT
Housing, Jobs, Education, and Prosperity – Making the Connection with Bicycling
2015 NC Bike SummitJeff Sovich, AICP
Housing“Poor people walk and bike the
most, so if you're an advocate for biking and walking, you are an
advocate for low-income housing. You’re already natural allies.”
Harriet Tregoning, Director of the Office of Economic Resilience at the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development
Physical HumanCapital Capital
Natural SocialCapital Capital
But What Is Prosperity?
Access &Mobility
Quality Communities
& Housing
Natural, HealthyEnvironment
CivicEngagement
Arts &Culture
Safety &Security
Physical& Mental
Health
Education
EconomicOpportunity
PROSPERITY
● CDBG participation in BikeShare systems
● Bikeability as a housing subsidy criteria
● Bicycles financed into federal home loans
● Establish Community Trans. Dev. Orgs.
● Housing & bicycle advocates join forces
New Directions