Journal article
Not quite a block party: COVID-19 street reallocation programs in Seattle, WA and Vancouver, BC
SSM - population health, Vol.14, pp.100769-100769
06/01/2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100769
PMCID: PMC7966863
PMID: 33748391
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed mobility inequities within cities. In response, cities are rapidly implementing street reallocation initiatives. These interventions provide space for walking and cycling, however, other mobility needs (e.g., essential workers, deliveries) may be impeded by these reallocation decisions. Informed by mobility justice frameworks, we examined socio-spatial differences in access to street reallocations in Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia. In both cities, more interventions occurred in areas where people of color, particularly Black and Indigenous people, lived. In Seattle, more interventions occurred in areas where people with disabilities, on food stamps, and children lived. In Vancouver, more interventions occurred in areas where recent immigrants lived, or where people used public transit or cycled to work. Street reallocations could be opportunities for cities to redress inequities in mobility and access to public spaces. Going forward, it is imperative to monitor how cities use data and welcome communities to redesign these temporary spaces to be corridors for their own mobility.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Not quite a block party: COVID-19 street reallocation programs in Seattle, WA and Vancouver, BC
- Creators
- Caislin L. Firth - Simon Fraser UniversityBarbara Baquero - University of WashingtonRachel Berney - University of WashingtonKatherine D. Hoerster - University of WashingtonStephen J. Mooney - Harborview Injury Prevention and Research CenterMeghan Winters - Simon Fraser University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- SSM - population health, Vol.14, pp.100769-100769
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100769
- PMID
- 33748391
- PMCID
- PMC7966863
- NLM abbreviation
- SSM Popul Health
- ISSN
- 2352-8273
- eISSN
- 2352-8273
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 6
- Grant note
- Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Award; Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research IP2-1507071C / Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) University of Washington Population Health Initiative Pilot Grant PATHSS: Participatory Active Transportation for Health in South Seattle
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984364440902771
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