Income And Racial Disparity And The Role Of The Built Environment In Pedestrian Injuries

Keywords

built environment; disparity; income; neighborhood planning; pedestrian safety; race

Abstract

This study examined the impacts of built environments on pedestrian-vehicle crashes with different levels of severity and the income and racial disparities related to different crash injuries in Austin, Texas. Arterial roads and commercial areas were associated with more injurious crashes. The presence of schools had a positive association with both injurious and no-injury crashes but only in areas with high percentages of nonwhites and poverty. This implies the importance of planning that separates pedestrians from vehicles in mixed-traffic commercial environments. Schools in areas with high percentages of minorities and poverty should be given priority for improvements of pedestrian safety.

Publication Date

1-1-2018

Publication Title

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X18807759

Socpus ID

85059252634 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85059252634

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