Graduation Year
2020
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Politics and International Relations
Reader 1
Thomas Kim
Reader 2
Rick Worthington
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2020 Harper G Mills
Abstract
My thesis investigates why Boston has failed to meet its own goals of building a quality network of bike infrastructure and facilities. My hypothesis is the culmination of conducting interviews with local stakeholders, researching best practices in New York City, Cambridge (MA), and European “cycling cities” such as Copenhagen and Amsterdam, and closely analyzing Boston’s recent and most formative transportation agendas, policies, and budgets. I argue that Boston has failed to realize its goal of creating a safe, accessible, and equitable network of bike facilities because of:
1) overall inadequate funding of active transportation projects, and;
2) a failure to prioritize cycling infrastructure capable of inducing demand for cycling projects, and growing a “cycling constituency” that can effectively hold The City accountable if goals and standards are not met.
Recommended Citation
Mills, Harper, "Boston's Bicycle Infrastructure: Pathways for Achieving Active Transportation Priorities" (2020). Scripps Senior Theses. 1415.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1415
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
