The Better Bike Share Conference convened in Philadelphia on June 22-24, 2016. Attendees gathered to find solutions for challenges of equity, social justice, and mobility in the country's emerging bikeshare infrastructure.
April Corbin tells the story of the Better Bike Share Conference, held recently in Philadelphia, through the use of Storify and a collection of Tweets blasted out under the #bikeshare4all hashtag.
Among those giving presentations at the event were Tamika Butler, executive director of the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, and Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney.
Yes @SimplySJG @betterbikeshare!! There is a difference between equity and buzz phrase of the moment smart growth! #bikeshare4all
— Tamika Butler (@TamikaButler) June 23, 2016
"All public space is shared space." - @PhillyMayor on role of govt making it safer for people on bikes on roads #bikeshare4all
— Marisa Jones (@marisacjones) June 23, 2016
The most dangerous streets are in the poorest neighborhoods. Not just guns. Crashes. #bikeshare4all pic.twitter.com/t1fwcp7PG7
— Jim Saksa (@Saksappeal) June 23, 2016
Corbin also produced a separate article to examine one of the big ideas from the opening presentation by Tamika Butler: How are we supposed to talk about equity when we don’t even have a shared definition half the time?
The issue of equity in bikeshare has been gaining prevalence in the discussions about transit and mobility. A 2014 report by the Mineta Transportation Institute dug into the systematic challenges of delivering bikeshare to low-income neighborhoods. Washington, D.C.'s bikeshare system, Capital Bikeshare, made news in April 2015 when data revealed a widening gap in use between people identifying as white, Hispanic, and black. A more recent article from May 2016 presents a kind of playbook for bikeshare equity.
Read the full story: The Better Bike Share Conference: A tweet roundup
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