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More Black Cyclists Die Because of Racial Divide
Bicycling ^ | Aug 20, 2023 | Taneika Duhaney

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors; Society; Travel
KEYWORDS: 1619project; bicycles; blackcyclists; blackduncesmatter; blackkk; blackliesmanors; blackliesmatter; blacklivesmatter; blacks; blm; criticalracetheory; crt; negrohalfwit; taneikaduhaney
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To: BenLurkin

I bike 10-20 miles a day and I’m not a cuck.


41 posted on 08/21/2023 8:22:02 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: PGR88

42 posted on 08/21/2023 8:31:39 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Sufferings are the guardrails on the road to Heaven.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Cycling takes a toll on those who ignore the law. Ignore traffic laws, and the laws of physics take over.


43 posted on 08/21/2023 8:36:32 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Wealthy people ride bikes for sport and exercise and have the ability to do so more safely. Poor people who ride bikes are often young, reckless, ride on more congested streets.

In this country we drive if we can, take public transit if we can’t. Bike riding is a luxury of time, not generally a way to get around. Just as there is a skew in wealth there will be a skew in biking statistics. Ergo, a relatively large number of wealthy people ride safely and a smaller number of poor, minority people ride in very dangerous conditions and the rate of injuries among the minority riders is higher.

Stupid headline, stupid conclusions.


44 posted on 08/21/2023 8:38:06 AM PDT by Flying Circus
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Oh pish posh, everyone knows it’s climate change that prevents blacks from riding bikes. Keeps them from swimming too.


45 posted on 08/21/2023 8:41:16 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

More black cyclists die because they don’t ware the jockey clothes like most of the cyclists do.


46 posted on 08/21/2023 8:44:07 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

How is it, in a country so obviously against the proliferation of blacks could there be so many? From everything I read, every activity, venue, situation, everything is contrived in a manner to be an obstacle to, or at a minimum unappealing to blacks. If whites, Latinos, or Asians enjoy an activity but blacks don’t, must that activity be banned as racist, or should they just STFU for once?


47 posted on 08/21/2023 8:46:07 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I can’t sleep at night because this problem weighs so heavy on my mind.


48 posted on 08/21/2023 8:57:12 AM PDT by BigFreakinToad (Biden whispered "Don't Jump")
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Oh, shut up.


49 posted on 08/21/2023 9:06:50 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
There is a difference between a "cyclist" and a "guy on a bicycle."

A cyclist (man or woman) is a serious athlete who rides a bike for fitness (often in addition to other forms of cardio exercise).

On the other hand altogether, a guy who happens to use a bike as a means of transportation, often because he has lost his driver's license due to alcohol, isn't a cyclist.

If this person is a black guy in a black (i.e., high crime) neighborhood, he is an easy victim of violent crime because, well, there he is coasting along, weaving this way and that, on a silly-looking bicycle (often stolen).

Usually, "guys on a bike" have no idea what the road rules are for bikes. They ride against the traffic, without a helmet, and often ride erratically.

If anyone holds a grudge against a guy riding a bike--well, why not repay him while he is most vulnerable...riding that silly-looking bike.

50 posted on 08/21/2023 9:07:34 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Wow! I had to double-check to see if this was the Bee! Some people really are insane!


51 posted on 08/21/2023 9:18:29 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Land is simply a place I visit until I can return to the sea.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
I used to have a subscription to Bicycling magazine. They've been making it a point to feature cyclists "of color" for a while.

And writing stupid articles like this.

52 posted on 08/21/2023 10:04:59 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
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To: RoosterRedux

The threads about cycling here are always an extreme example of people who have no clue what they are talking about spewing nonsense about an issue they have not got even the slightest inkling about.

For some perspective and no other reason I will mention that I was a state champion and nationally highly ranked cyclist in my long distant past. I used to ride approximately 10,000 miles a year. After I got married my wife and I became avid tandem cyclists.

From what I observe near us the increase in cycling injuries and fatalities in the past few years has less to do with serious cyclists. Every year we take more and more precautions to avoid being run over by distracted motorists, drunks and people driving while smoking marijuana. The increase in people who are getting killed and injured are mostly those who are using electric bikes. They allow people who have not developed any defensive riding skills to go much faster than they are capable of on their own. Some varieties are really just electric motorcycles with no licensing requirements. Young inexperienced motorcyclists are always a group at high risk, but at least they typically have some minimal training. We now see children and adults on electric bicycles completely ignoring traffic rules weaving in and out of traffic and making a nuisance of themselves on a daily basis. And for whatever reason we often see black people who obviously have no previous cycling experience riding like this... I am surprised the statistics are not even worse for them.


53 posted on 08/21/2023 10:28:44 AM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Good Lord. People are so bored and pathetic that they hate to go looking for made-up racism. Again.


54 posted on 08/21/2023 10:29:28 AM PDT by vpintheak (There is no Trans. There is only mentally ill)
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To: fireman15
I was a state champion and nationally highly ranked cyclist in my long distant past.

Many kudos, much respect...and more than a little envy.

Wow.;-)

55 posted on 08/21/2023 10:42:49 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

cause drivers can’t see them... right??? WTF!!!


56 posted on 08/21/2023 12:04:22 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

The writer of this piece should attend the DC Bike Ride if he wants to see blacks riding bikes.


57 posted on 08/21/2023 1:03:30 PM PDT by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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To: wny

I heard that white men can’t jump.
Maybe black people can’t ride a bike?
Or they prefer a ride in a nice comfortable car unlike those spandex wearing white bike riders.


58 posted on 08/21/2023 3:09:04 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Total BS!@@@


59 posted on 08/21/2023 3:16:15 PM PDT by Osage Orange
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To: wildcard_redneck

LOL~~~


60 posted on 08/21/2023 3:18:57 PM PDT by Osage Orange
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