Introduction

Communities often feel that they must make a choice between new amenities, public investment, and gentrification. Pedestrian plazas, street trees, bike lanes, and subway station improvements, are all commonly understood as catalysts in the gentrification process. Do alterations to the built environment, specifically new public amenities within a neighborhood, such as bike lanes, pedestrian plazas, and street tree plantings, contribute to displacement vulnerability in communities that are susceptible to gentrification?