CITY OF PROVIDENCEDepartment of Planning and Development

Jorge O. Elorza, Mayor

Broad Street: Historical Context

1952

1985 2014

RI Hospital

RI Hospital

RI Hospital

RI Hospital

Path of I-95Path of I-95

1962

CITY OF PROVIDENCEDepartment of Planning and Development

Jorge O. Elorza, Mayor

During the suburbanization period of the 1950s through 1970s, housing policies—such as “redlining,” and the discriminatory lending practices of the Federal Housing Administration and the G.I. Bill—excluded minorities from suburbanizing. Many white households migrated to the suburbs while minorities largely remained in urban neighborhoods like South Providence.

The Hart-Celler Act of 1965 abolished the quota system and opened the US to non-European immigrants. Many settled in communities like South Providence and were a primary force in stabilizing urban neighborhoods.

Policies dating back to the 1950s explain the current diversity of Broad Street.

Providence (city): 179,207

Rhode Island: 1,056,298

Broad Street: Social Characteristics

Total foreign-born

population40%

Population Born in United

States60% Caribbean:

63%Central America:10%

Western Africa (Ghana, Liberia,

Nigeria, Sierra Leone)

6%

South Eastern Asia:5%

Southern Europe:4%

South America (Colombia, Peru,

Venezuela)3%

Eastern Asia:3%

Other6%

Foreign-Born Population (Broad Street)

Place of Origin for Foreign-Born Population

Caribbean

Asia

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

Entered before1990

Entered 1990 to1999

Entered 2000 to2009

Entered 2010 orlater

Broad Street Foreign-Born Population by Year of Entry

Caribbean

Asia

Other Areas (incl. Africa)

Central America

Europe

South America

Foreign-Born Population

Total Population

Data Sources: Adapted from the US Census 2015 American Community Survey. Census tracts 1.01, 1.02, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 12 were used to represent the study area.

CITY OF PROVIDENCEDepartment of Planning and Development

Jorge O. Elorza, Mayor

Broad Street: Economic Characteristics

Poverty line for afamily of 3 = $20,090

Data Sources: Adapted from the US Census 2015 American Community Survey. Census tracts 1.01, 1.02, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 12 were used to represent the study area.

CITY OF PROVIDENCEDepartment of Planning and Development

Jorge O. Elorza, Mayor

Broad Street: Economic Characteristics

Broad Street Employers

Jobs Near Trinity Sq

Jobs Near Public St

Jobs Near Bomes Theater

533Total Jobs

305Total Jobs

1,890Total Jobs

Data Sources: Above - Transportation Corridors to Livable Communities. City of Provi-dence, Rhode Island Public Transit Authority. October, 2014.Below - Adapted from the US Census 2015 American Community Survey. Census tracts 1.01, 1.02, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 12 were used to represent the study area.

CITY OF PROVIDENCEDepartment of Planning and Development

Jorge O. Elorza, Mayor

Broad Street: Other Characteristics

4 3Number of homeless

shelters located in South Providence.

Number of substance treatment centers located in South

Providence.

A consortium of South Providence neighborhood associations found that South Providence has the highest concentration of homeless service providers in Providence.

Social Service Providers

Data Sources: AEGIS, City of Providence Police Department

Data Sources: Qalert, City of Providence.

Data Sources: Elmwood/Southside Crimewatch, Elmwood Neighborhood Assoc., South Providence Neighborhood Assoc.

CITY OF PROVIDENCEDepartment of Planning and Development

Jorge O. Elorza, Mayor

Broad Street: Transportation Characteristics

Between 2009 and 2015, Broad Street experienced the greatest number of crashes involving people walking or riding a bicycle out of any corridor in Providence.

Road Safety

82Crashes on Broad Street involving

a person walking or riding a bicycle (2009 to 2015).

Number of the 82 crashes that

resulted in a fatal or serious injury.

11

Data Sources: Vulnerable Road User Safety Audit. City of Providence. 2016.