Equity
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Talking Headways Podcast: ‘Intro to the City’
How do Black and Hispanic kids feel when they go into a Whole Foods? Not welcome, that's for sure. And therein lies a major problem.
January 14, 2021
Data: Road Violence Affects Black Neighborhoods More
Of the 210 fatal car crashes in Massachusetts where a driver killed a bike rider or pedestrian between 2018 and 2020, a quarter of those killings occurred in neighborhoods where the Black population makes up a higher-than-average proportion of the population.
January 12, 2021
Op-Ed: Car Dependency is An Unequal Burden
Automobile-dependent planning has changed automobiles from a luxury into a necessity. Excessive vehicle costs leave many households without money to purchase essential food, shelter and healthcare. They need more affordable transportation options.
December 24, 2020
‘We Could Do Without Urban Planning’: Destiny Thomas on the 2021 Un-Urbanist Assembly
"The truth is, we could do without urban planning. And if we did, that wouldn’t mean that no one would be thinking intentionally about how to make cities. The instrument, the arm, the machine [for] city-making — it's got to go."
December 22, 2020
Nominee Buttigieg Vows To Dismantle ‘Racist’ Freeways
“It’s disproportionately Black and brown neighborhoods that were divided by highway projects because they didn’t have the political capital to resist,” Buttigieg said on Sunday. "We have a chance to get that right.”
December 22, 2020
Mass. Joins N’East Transport Cap-and-Trade Program
December 21, 2020
Biden Admin. Appoints Pete Buttigieg for Sec. of Transportation
December 15, 2020
Why the history of racism in transportation enforcement and planning still matters today
December 14, 2020
Free advice to Biden: Do yourself a favor and don’t hire Rahm Emanuel as USDOT chief
November 30, 2020
OPINION: To Save the Subway, Tax the Ultra-Wealthy
November 26, 2020
