Race, space, and struggles for mobility: Transportation impacts on african americans in oakland and the east bay

Urban Geography

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 699-728

  Golub, Aaron ^a   Marcantonio, Richard A ^b   Sanchez, Thomas W ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Public Advocates Inc   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Oakland; Race; Segregation; Transportation

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORT; DECENTRALIZATION; EMPLOYMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; MOBILITY; PUBLIC SPACE; RACE; RACISM; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN TRANSPORT;

CALIFORNIA; CANADA; EAST BAY; NUNAVUT; OAKLAND; SOUTHAMPTON ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881165746     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2013.778598     Document Type: Article

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