2023/10/30 by Jen‐Jia Lin, Jia-Jhen Wu · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Social Sciences · #Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies #Rural development and sustainability #Urban Transport and Accessibility
paper · doi:10.1016/j.trip.2023.100941
openalex publication_date 2023/10/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
This research aims to clarify the relationships between bike infrastructure changes and the gentrification processes by considering the pre-existing mass rapid transit (MRT) system and using gentrifiable neighborhood data from 2011 to 2017 in Taipei, Taiwan. Empirical evidence suggests that gentrifying neighborhoods accorded further accessibility to bike-sharing service (BSS), and increasing MRT service accessibility raised gentrification and BSS accessibility. However, the evidence does not support the hypothesis that equipping bike infrastructure catalyzes gentrification. Instead, an MRT system has a more significant effect on gentrification than bike infrastructure in a city where BSS acts as a last-mile mode of public transport. The results of this research not only clarify relationships between bike infrastructure and gentrification but also offer policy directions to develop inclusive bike-friendly cities.