Is bike infrastructure a harbinger of gentrification or a result of it?

From the Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/14/why-bike-lan...

Chicago is featured.

"In both [Chicago and Portland], denser neighborhoods closer to the center of town were more likely to have bike infrastructure. But in Portland, so were census tracts where the share of homeowners and college-educated residents was rising. In Chicago, race was relevant: Neighborhoods with large white populations, or an influx of whites, were more likely to get these bike investments."

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Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on January 14, 2016 at 9:14am

Thanks for sharing the article, Skip. I hadn't read this one yet.

This is an unfortunate and limited viewpoint. I wouldn't want this line of thought to discourage building infrastructure because all neighborhoods could use safe, well-maintained bike lanes. Riding a bike is a more affordable form of transportation, not an expensive hobby reserved for the wealthy population.