Equity Archives — Page 22 of 35

‘Essential’ Work Demands Put Areas of Color at Risk

While much of the nation is staying at home to minimize the risks of COVID-19 transmission, the essential workers who continue to deliver our basic needs are still commuting to their jobs. That puts them at risk.

Christian MilNeil

April 27, 2020

‘Essential’ Work Demands Put Areas of Color at Risk

Streetsblog NYC |E-bikes

MUST-WATCH: ‘Delivery Guys are Not Trash’ — They’re Heroes

If you watch nothing else today, please watch this four-minute video by producers Jon Hsu and Law Chen featuring New York's hard-working delivery cyclists.

Streetsblog

April 24, 2020

Coronavirus

Op-Ed: Mobility Justice Amid COVID-19

Collectivism is the only way we will survive this moment. A manifesto from the Untokening network.

The Untokening

April 15, 2020

Streetsblog Massachusetts |COVID-19

Study: Highway Pollution Contributes to Higher COVID-19 Death Rates

A new nationwide study from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health suggests that people living in neighborhoods with higher levels of fine particulate air pollution are more likely to die from COVID-19 infection than patients from areas with cleaner air. That’s especially concerning for many of communities of color in Massachusetts, where the legacies […]

Christian MilNeil

April 7, 2020

Streetsblog Los Angeles |Equity

Vending in the Time of Corona: an Elotera Who Can’t Afford to Stay Home is Attacked

Vendors across the city wonder how they will feed their families; a Street Vendor Emergency Fund aims to help.

Sahra Sulaiman

March 31, 2020

Streetsblog Chicago |Bicycling

10 Ways To Make Transportation Cheaper And Equitable

Making transit, walking, and biking, safer and more convenient would help residents keep more money in their pockets for savings or to stimulate the local economy.

Courtney Cobbs

March 4, 2020

Streetsblog Massachusetts |Equity

Fees On Rideshare Help Fund Boston Sidewalks

Fees on Silicon Valley's double-parking, bike lane-blocking drivers are already funding important "complete streets" projects throughout the Boston region.

Christian MilNeil

January 27, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Equity

NYPD Targets Blacks and Latinos for ‘Jaywalking’ Tickets

The NYPD has found another way to harass people of color: jaywalking tickets.

Martin Samoylov

January 8, 2020

Data

There is Structural Racism in Transport: Report

Smart Growth America: include community members in planning, hire more diverse staff, and stop displacing residents to combat generations of structural racism

Aaron Short

December 18, 2019

Atlanta

Q&A: Micromobility’s Future With Harriet Tregoning

"Cities can provide more infrastructure that’s safe," the director of the New Urban Mobility Alliance says.

Aaron Short

December 16, 2019

Equity

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