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Policy Memo: Policy Options to Mitigate the Impacts of Green Gentrification When Constructing New Bike Paths in the Madison Area
Julie Davis (1), Brittany Baur (2,6), Sarah Alexander (3), Ben Bachmann (4)
Corresponding author: [email protected] |
Keywords: green gentrification; sustainable infrastructure; biking; climate change; equity; Wisconsin
Executive Summary: To address changing climate patterns, cities in the US are expanding sustainable transportation options and implementing green infrastructure. Sustainable infrastructure projects help communities adapt, decrease CO2 emissions, promote community health, and provide economic benefits. These projects can also have unintended consequences, increasing gentrification and displacement of vulnerable communities through increased property values (i.e., green gentrification). The City of Madison maintains an extensive system of bike trails and continues to expand community access, with three projects recently completed or in development. We recommend that the City of Madison alter policy to use tax-increment financing or community land trusts as a preventative measure to mitigate green gentrification of nearby areas for all current and future bike path construction projects.
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Sarah Alexander is the 2021-2022 AGU/AAAS Congressional Science and Technology Policy Fellow. She holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, with a minor in Life Sciences Communication, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a B.A. in Geology from Carleton College. Sarah pursues interdisciplinary research to develop, communicate and integrate water resources management strategies for improved resilience of communities vulnerable to climate variability. The former policy engagement chair for the Catalysts for Science Policy, Sarah is passionate about increasing scientific literacy and fostering science-based policy to address critical societal challenges.
Benjamin Bachman is an NSF graduate research fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Chemistry. He studies the production and chemical properties of artificial diamonds. Ben holds a degree in Chemistry with a minor in Math from the University of Oregon. He is especially interested in policy related to clean water and renewable energy.
Brittany Baur is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds a Ph.D. in Computational Sciences and a M.S. in Bioinformatics from Marquette University. She studies the role of the three-dimensional structure of the genome in gene regulation and disease. She is currently the Communications Chair for Catalysts for Science Policy and is passionate about effective science communication and leveraging data science to inform policy decisions.
Julie Davis is the John N. Bahcall Public Policy Fellow for the American Astronomical Society in Washington, DC. She completed a Ph.D. in Astronomy and a minor in Science Communication in August 2021 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and holds a B.A. in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Colorado-Boulder. She studies the formation and evolution of galaxies using ground- and space-based observatories. She is especially interested in space and climate policy.
Acknowledgements
The authors wish to acknowledge several members of the Catalysts for Science Policy graduate organization at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for reviewing early versions of the memo and providing valuable feedback. We also thank editors at JSPG for providing suggestions that improved the quality of the memo.
Benjamin Bachman is an NSF graduate research fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Chemistry. He studies the production and chemical properties of artificial diamonds. Ben holds a degree in Chemistry with a minor in Math from the University of Oregon. He is especially interested in policy related to clean water and renewable energy.
Brittany Baur is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds a Ph.D. in Computational Sciences and a M.S. in Bioinformatics from Marquette University. She studies the role of the three-dimensional structure of the genome in gene regulation and disease. She is currently the Communications Chair for Catalysts for Science Policy and is passionate about effective science communication and leveraging data science to inform policy decisions.
Julie Davis is the John N. Bahcall Public Policy Fellow for the American Astronomical Society in Washington, DC. She completed a Ph.D. in Astronomy and a minor in Science Communication in August 2021 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and holds a B.A. in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Colorado-Boulder. She studies the formation and evolution of galaxies using ground- and space-based observatories. She is especially interested in space and climate policy.
Acknowledgements
The authors wish to acknowledge several members of the Catalysts for Science Policy graduate organization at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for reviewing early versions of the memo and providing valuable feedback. We also thank editors at JSPG for providing suggestions that improved the quality of the memo.
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