Posted on 08/21/2023 7:45:36 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
Why don’t more people of color ride bikes? There is no singular reason; however, safety is often cited as a primary concern. In communities of color with a high concentration of low to middle-income residents, the lack of cycling infrastructure elements, such as bike trails, bike lanes, or even shoulders, make cycling unsafe and impractical.
“The lower a metro area’s median household income, the more dangerous it’s streets are likely to be for people walking,” according to a Smart Growth America Dangerous by Design 2021 report. “This is unsurprising, given low-income communities are less likely to have sidewalks, marked crosswalks, and street design to support safer, slower speeds.”
Without such infrastructure, Black and Hispanic residents face the greatest risks. According to a Harvard and Boston University study assessing racial disparities and traffic fatalities, for every mile walked, Black people are twice as likely to be killed by cars compared to white pedestrians.
For every mile ridden, Black cyclists are 4.5 times more likely to be killed than white cyclists. At the same time, Hispanic cyclists and pedestrians experience a 1.7 and 1.5-fold risk of being killed compared to white Americans.
Higher death rates among Black and Hispanic cyclists and pedestrians in low-income communities can be partially attributed to historical neighborhood designs. In areas where the government-sponsored Home Owners’ Loan Corporation rated neighborhoods a grade of D, pedestrian fatality was twice as high as in neighborhoods with an A grade. Communities with lower ratings have wider roads designed for higher speeds, more traffic volume, and are close to highways and freeways.
In Los Angeles, the Harbor Freeway goes through the heart of a residential community of South L.A. which has a 60 to 80 percent Black and Hispanic occupancy rate.
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OMFG. How can someone actually write this crap?
Causevit’s lame,vand uncool.
Maybe because riding bicycles is strictly for cucks.
Well, first you have to have a name like "Taneika". Everything else will follow.
:: Black cyclists are 4.5 times more likely to be killed than white cyclists ::
Since we are comparing race characteristics of the cyclists, what race(s) are the drivers of the vehicles involved...in an urban street-scape?
Still, blacks killing blacks IS a statistic of higher value that “bike lanes” in the ‘hood.
Yeah, cuz ebil y-p-po spend all their time looking for blacks to run down.
SMH
A non mainstream commentator named Steve Sailor has studied this extensively.
His theory - due to culture and behavior, blacks need MORE police, not less.
When the BLM riots kicked of with St. Floyd in May 2020, and the push for “defund police” grew - black murder rates, and black road fatalities SHOT UP, to many multiples that of White or other groups. They are still high.
They should learn to swim
Stealing a bike is too easy, and it ain’t a bunch of white bicycle thieves operating in the ‘hood that makes it a problem.
No actual evidence of this being race-based at all. How do upper and lower-income whites compare?
Hint: If you live in a busy area without safe space for bicycling, you might be better off not bicycling.
Second hint: If you live in such an area, the chances are you’ve got more convenient public transportation than the spandex warriors have out in the ‘burbs.
the "George Floyd Effect"
“Why don’t more people of color ride bikes?
It might also have something to do with disregarding traffic regulations for pedestrians or cyclists.
Plenty of Black people live in suburban towns with access to bike trails. They can freely take up the sport- enough with the victim mentality crap.
There are basketball courts in crime ridden areas but many great players have come from those areas. The author is a dunce.
You can get your a-s kicked in parts of Philly rid8ny a bike.
As long as I have my non colored swimming, I’m okay.
I also have Math and SciFi…
Bond set for driver believed to have hit, killed 2 bicyclists
The two female cyclists were white......the perp.....black.
Since he ran away they were unable to determine if he was impared by drugs or alcohol.......he got a grand total of EIGHT YEARS for killing two people.
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