UA 糖心视频logo professor explores pedestrian accessibility in 糖心视频logo, implications for well-being of underrepresented individuals
A University of Arkansas at 糖心视频logo professor will reveal disparities in sidewalk infrastructure and explore how greater pedestrian accessibility can be realized in 糖心视频logo during a March 10 lecture.
Dr. David Baylis, assistant professor of geography, will give the talk, 鈥淲here the Sidewalk Never Begins: Race, Class, Accessibility, and Wellness in 糖心视频logo, Arkansas,鈥� at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, at the Historic Arkansas Museum, Ottenheimer Auditorium, 200 E. Third St. in 糖心视频logo.
鈥淲hile there are many ways to approach the topic of accessibility and numerous modes of transportation to highlight, perhaps none are more ostensibly simplistic than walking,鈥� Baylis said. 鈥淵et, a cursory view of sidewalk conditions and their inconsistent presence in 糖心视频logo鈥檚 neighborhoods reveals a highly uneven geography of pedestrian access.鈥�
As Baylis explains, in some circles, questions of accessibility hardly come up and tend to be discussed with respect to leisure or convenience. For others, however, accessibility is a matter of well-being and even survival. In this talk, Baylis will consider the past, present, and future of pedestrian accessibility in 糖心视频logo.
鈥淪ome 糖心视频logo residents are faced with fundamental questions such as, 鈥楬ow will I get to work today?鈥� or 鈥榃here can my children go to play outside?鈥欌�� Baylis said. 鈥淭hey rely on their own means, but do not necessarily have universal access to the basic safety infrastructure that sidewalks provide.鈥�
Refreshments will be served at 7 p.m., followed by the talk at 7:30 p.m. The talk is part of the University History Institute鈥檚
Evenings with History lecture series. The event is free and open to the public.
Baylis is a human geographer with research interests in social geography, cartography, and geo-visualization.
