Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Prev Chronic Dis. 2023 Oct 5;20:E89. doi: 10.5888/pcd20.230119.
Integrating equity considerations into bicycle infrastructure, planning, and programming is essential to increase bicycling and reduce physical inactivity-related health disparities. However, little is known about communities' experiences with activities that promote equity considerations in bicycle infrastructure, planning, and programming or about barriers and facilitators to such considerations. The objective of this project was to gain in-depth understanding of the experiences, barriers, and facilitators that communities encounter with integrating equity considerations into bicycle infrastructure, planning, and programming.
We administered a web-based survey in 2022 to assess communities' experiences with 31 equity-focused activities in 3 areas: 1) community engagement, education, events, and programming (community engagement); 2) data collection, evaluation, and goal setting (data); and 3) infrastructure, facilities, and physical amenities (infrastructure). Respondents were people who represented communities in the US that participated in the League of American Bicyclists' Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC) Program. We then conducted 6 focus groups with a subset of survey respondents to explore barriers and facilitators to implementing equity-focused activities.
Survey respondents (N = 194) had experience with a mean (SD) of 5.9 (5.7) equity-focused activities. Focus group participants (N = 30) identified themes related to community engagement (outreach to and engagement of underrepresented communities, cultural perceptions of bicycling, and funding and support for community rides and programs); data (locally relevant data); and infrastructure (political will, community design, and infrastructure). They described barriers and facilitators for each.
Communities are challenged with integrating equity into bicycle infrastructure, planning, and programming. Multicomponent strategies with support from entities such as the BFC program will be required to make progress.
将公平性考虑因素纳入自行车基础设施、规划和项目中对于增加自行车出行和减少与身体活动不足相关的健康差距至关重要。然而，对于社区在自行车基础设施、规划和项目中促进公平性考虑因素的活动经验、障碍和促进因素知之甚少。本项目的目的是深入了解社区在将公平性考虑因素纳入自行车基础设施、规划和项目中所遇到的经验、障碍和促进因素。
我们在 2022 年进行了一项基于网络的调查，以评估社区在 3 个领域的 31 项以公平为重点的活动的经验：1）社区参与、教育、活动和项目（社区参与）；2）数据收集、评估和目标设定（数据）；和 3）基础设施、设施和有形设施（基础设施）。受访者是代表参与美国自行车联盟自行车友好社区（BFC）计划的社区的人。然后，我们与调查受访者的一部分进行了 6 次焦点小组讨论，以探讨实施以公平为重点的活动的障碍和促进因素。
调查受访者（N=194）具有平均（SD）5.9（5.7）项以公平为重点的活动经验。焦点小组参与者（N=30）确定了与社区参与（向代表性不足的社区进行外展和参与、对骑自行车的文化看法、以及为社区骑行和项目提供资金和支持）、数据（本地相关数据）和基础设施（政治意愿、社区设计和基础设施）相关的主题。他们描述了每个主题的障碍和促进因素。
社区在将公平性纳入自行车基础设施、规划和项目中面临挑战。需要采用多方面的策略，并得到 BFC 等项目的支持，才能取得进展。
