Housing, Jobs, Education, and Prosperity – Making the Connection with Bicycling

2015 NC Bike SummitJeff Sovich, AICP

TRANSPORTATION

JOBS

HEALTH

SAFETY

EQUITY

EDUCATIONHOUSING

HOUSING

Housing“Poor people walk and bike the

most, so if you're an advocate for biking and walking, you are an

advocate for low-income housing. You’re already natural allies.”

Harriet Tregoning, Director of the Office of Economic Resilience at the U.S. Department of Housing

and Urban Development

Housing

Housing

Housing

Housing

JOBS

Jobs

Jobs

Jobs

EDUCATION

Education

Education

Education

Education

Education

PROSPERITY

Prosperity

Physical HumanCapital Capital

Natural SocialCapital Capital

But What Is Prosperity?

Access &Mobility

Quality Communities

& Housing

Natural, HealthyEnvironment

CivicEngagement

Arts &Culture

Safety &Security

Physical& Mental

Health

Education

EconomicOpportunity

PROSPERITY

Maslow’sHierarchy ofNeeds

But What Is Prosperity?

But What Is Prosperity?

So What About Equity?

● CDBG participation in BikeShare systems

● Bikeability as a housing subsidy criteria

● Bicycles financed into federal home loans

● Establish Community Trans. Dev. Orgs.

● Housing & bicycle advocates join forces

New Directions