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Cyclescapes of the Unequal City - Bicycle Infrastructure and Uneven Development (Hardcover)
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Cyclescapes of the Unequal City - Bicycle Infrastructure and Uneven Development (Hardcover)
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A critical look at the political economy of urban bicycle
infrastructure in the United States Not long ago, bicycling in the
city was considered a radical statement or a last resort, and few
cyclists braved the inhospitable streets of most American cities.
Today, however, the urban cyclist represents progress and the urban
"renaissance." City leaders now undertake ambitious new bicycle
infrastructure plans and bike share schemes to promote the
environmental, social, and economic health of the city and its
residents. Cyclescapes of the Unequal City contextualizes and
critically examines this new wave of bicycling in American cities,
exploring how bicycle infrastructure planning has become a key
symbol of-and site of conflict over-uneven urban development. John
G. Stehlin traces bicycling's rise in popularity as a key policy
solution for American cities facing the environmental, economic,
and social contradictions of the previous century of sprawl. Using
in-depth case studies from San Francisco, Philadelphia, and
Detroit, he argues that the mission of bicycle advocacy has
converged with, and reshaped, the urban growth machine around a
model of livable, environmentally friendly, and innovation-based
urban capitalism. While advocates envision a more sustainable city
for all, the deployment of bicycle infrastructure within the
framework of the neoliberal city in many ways intensifies divisions
along lines of race, class, and space. Cyclescapes of the Unequal
City speaks to a growing interest in bicycling as an urban economic
and environmental strategy, its role in the politics of
gentrification, and efforts to build more diverse coalitions of
bicycle advocates. Grounding its analysis in both regional
political economy and neighborhood-based ethnography, this book
ultimately uses the bicycle as a lens to view major shifts in
today's American city.
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