Neighborhood travel and racial segregation

<p><br /> <strong>How people travel to racially different neighborhoods</strong></p> <p>Science Sessions are brief conversations with cutting-edge researchers, National Academy members, and policymakers as they discuss topics relevant to today's scientific community. Learn the behind-the-scenes story of work published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), plus a broad range of scientific news about discoveries that affect the world around us.</p> <p>In this episode, Mario Small talks about patterns of people's travel to neighborhoods racially different than their home neighborhood.</p> <p>In this episode, we cover:<br /> •[00:00] Introduction<br /> •[00:59] Sociologist Mario Small describes how everyday travel can temper residential segregation.<br /> •[01:57] Small talks about how their study tracked peoples' movements and defined travel beyond a person's racial comfort zone.<br /> •[03:48] Small explains the study's results.<br /> •[06:08] He explores why som...