Income and Racial Disparity and the Role of the Built Environment in Pedestrian Injuries Academic Article

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.

authors

• Lee, Chanam
• Zhu, Xuemei

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF PLANNING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

altmetric score

• 1.25

author list (cited authors)

• Yu, C., Zhu, X., & Lee, C.

citation count

• 8

complete list of authors

• Yu, Chia-Yuan||Zhu, Xuemei||Lee, Chanam

publication date

• June 2022

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Planning Education and Research  Journal

keywords

• Built Environment
• Disparity
• Income
• Neighborhood Planning
• Pedestrian Safety
• Race

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/0739456X18807759

start page

• 136

end page

• 149

volume

• 42

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0739456x18807759

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being