it wasn't so much about race or immigration status as it was about having information about where the demand for safe bicycle facilities might be.
I think it's a common problem to get communities at the lower end of the economic spectrum involved in government/community projects for a variety of reasons, though clearly these are the communities that could benefit the most from initiatives such as better cycling infrastructure. It would help if towns, cities, and local agencies rethought how they "do" democracy. As the article mentioned most of the information this initiative had gathered had been online, and of course access then becomes an issue. And who has time to attend town hall meetings when you work two jobs and don't have a sitter? Though I can't imagine that the climate in AZ right now is helpful in getting immigrant communities involved in public planning projects, it seems to send the opposite message. Sorry to bring politics back in, but it's so infuriating to live here right now, I will blow off steam by going for a nice long ride!