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Feb 24, 2022 · Despite the City’s first settler, Jean-Baptiste Point DuSable, being of Haitian descent, Chicago’s infamous segregation is still intact, and it joins a list of large cities with similar rates of racial polarization, such as Cleveland, Newark, Philadelphia, and Houston.
Mar 28, 2018 · African Americans who settled in northern cities like Chicago, New York, and Detroit earned at least twice as much as those who stayed in the South in 1930, according to work by Leah Boustan, an...
- Abstract
- Introduction
- The History of The Chicago Transit Authority and Commuting in Context
- Literature Review
- Theoretical Framework
- Methodology
- Transit Access’s Link to Intersecting Structural Violence
- The Future of Chicago’s Transit and Resource Allocation
The South Side of Chicago is known throughout the world for the direct violence that occurs there. However, the direct violence results from the structural violence occurring through institutions and policies that have taken away the lives of thousands of Chicagoans for almost a century. While the existing literature focuses on aspects of structura...
To commute in Chicago means preparing for the worst: to leave thirty minutes early, recognize that your bus might not come, and remember the Red Line’s constant “significant delays.” Chicago’s public transportation remains capricious, even more so when traveling from specific neighborhoods. On the city’s South Side, where the trains do not even rea...
The history of the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and its original plans devise the substructure for the accessibility of the transit throughout the city. Created in 1945, the Chicago Transit Authority slowly began to govern parts of previously private tracks. By 1947, the CTA had taken over all private L operations in the city and began to constr...
The literature on public transportation within Chicago and other major cities follows three main themes: the segregation within the city (Purifoye 2020; Swyngedouw 2013; Graif, Lungeanu, and Yetter 2017; Lee 2009), necessity of public transportation for development (Hong and Ji 2021; Addie 2013; Tribby and Zandbergen 2012) and the effect of public ...
The term “structural violence” appears frequently in this research as a descriptive term. Structural violence differs from direct violence as it is a preventable harm or damage and the violence lacks an actor.21Direct violence is a better-known type of violence, as there is an actor and a victim. The actor commits the crime against the victim. With...
The research conducted follows four main topics: (1) varying accessibility to public transit among neighborhoods, (2) impact of transit on economic development, (3) impact of transit for school access, and (4) lack of access to grocery stores. Subtopics include the importance of mobility and equitable access. Within these categories, I organized an...
Introduction
Much of the data collected supports the perpetuation of structural violence through public transit. Public transportation plays a key component in how structural violence remains entrenched in Chicago The history of segregation within Chicago involves much of the Chicago Transit Authority’s historical and current operations. The CTA’s contributions to segregation connect to the other structural problems of economic opportunity, school access, and food deserts. The lack of mobility through ina...
Segregation within Public Transit
Segregation in Chicago predated the emergence of public transit, however, the CTA has only added to the existing problems. Much of the segregation that exists because of the L is due to the structure. One example from the data exhibits the Red Line in Chicago. Clearly depicted on the CTA L mapis the current Red Line track, which runs North-South. The beige bordering outside of the grid represents areas not within the city of Chicago. When looking at the CTA L map, it’s clear that the Red Line...
Economic Opportunities
Mobility remains imperative in accessibility as it “contributes to people’s ability to access work, food, education, leisure, and more.”28Without mobility, one loses access to general necessities and experiences isolation. As public transportation remains an aspect of mobility, the lack of it affects access to jobs. A mapshowing the number of jobs available within a thirty-minute commute by neighborhood demonstrates the disparities in job access within Chicago. This map clearly shows that the...
My research underscores the structural violence within Chicago and the interactions that exist between each form of violence. The significance of this research aims to deconstruct the stigmas that exist about the South Side and urge a deeper understanding of the realities of the circumstances. Without the proper resources and opportunities allocate...
Sep 26, 2013 · U.S. How Bad Is Violence in Chicago? Depends on Your Race. In America's most segregated city, some communities live with security, others in constant fear of violent crime. By Noah Berlatsky....
Sep 14, 2022 · Predominately Black neighborhoods on the city’s south and west sides, including Riverdale, Englewood and West Garfield Park fared the worst on the index. Per capita incomes in those three...
Aug 11, 2020 · For community activists on the South Side of Chicago, words are insufficient, and an embrace of the Black Lives Matter movement requires caring for communities that both Democrats and Republicans ...
Jul 15, 2020 · Perspectives. The Deadly Chicago Heat Wave Is As Relevant to Racial Justice Today As It Was 25 Years Ago. The documentary “Cooked: Survival by Zip Code” examines the unnatural disasters of...
