Bike Lanes Are White Lanes: Bicycle Advocacy and Urban Planning, by University of Nebraska.

In “Bike Lanes Are White Lanes,” scholar Melody L. Hoffmann argues that the bicycle has varied cultural meaning as a “rolling signifier.”

That is, the bicycle’s meaning changes in different spaces, with different people, and in different cultures. The rolling signification of the bicycle contributes to building community, influences gentrifying urban planning, and upholds systemic race and class barriers.

The author will go far in PC world — making policy for your life soon.

hat-tip Matthew