Equity
Basics
Philly’s Most Dangerous Roads are in Poor Areas
About half of the city's most-dangerous streets are in low-income and/or neighborhoods of color, a new analysis finds.
December 14, 2018
Study: Dockless Mobility More Popular with People of Color in D.C.
Dockless bike share is doing a better job reaching people of color than traditional city-sponsored bike-sharing systems, according to a new analysis
November 16, 2018
The Movement for More Equitable Transit Fares
Discounted fares for low-income riders are becoming the norm for progressive cities.
October 26, 2018
Bus Routes Helping Bridge Milwaukee’s Notorious Racial-Economic Divide
New research shows two reverse-commute bus routes are providing a vital link for low-income neighborhoods. But the state may stop funding them.
October 16, 2018
Adonia Lugo: Bicycle Advocates Need to Stop Overlooking Issues of Race and Class
Lugo's new book "Bicycle/Race" argues that bike planning discussions must take "human infrastructure" into account.
July 20, 2018
6 Principles for a Transit System That Makes Your City More Fair and Just
Transit should be a great social equalizer. In many cities, however, transit's potential to advance economic fairness is held in check because resources are distributed inequitably.
July 17, 2018
“I Can’t Go Everywhere that I Thought I Could Go”: When Black and Brown Cyclists Need Safety from More than Traffic
“I knew where I was,” muses Slimm, the 25-year-old road captain from the Los Ryderz Bike Club regarding his fateful decision to roll past 65th on Broadway – the heart of East Coast Crips territory, “but I was just riding by…”
May 2, 2018
The Case for Fare-Capping
Low-income people shouldn't have to pay more per ride than people who can afford unlimited transit passes.
March 9, 2018
How Structural Racism at Regional Planning Agencies Hurts Cities
Your regional planning agency is probably set up to favor the suburbs.
January 5, 2018
Mobility Justice Advocates Gather in Leimert Park for Untokening California
She had had enough of hearing her community spoken about in offensive ways by well- (and not-so-well-) meaning planners and advocates, enough of giving 110 percent of herself only to realize a fraction of what she put forward was being seen as having value, enough of how disinterested those with power over what happened in marginalized communities remained in the larger picture, and enough of being tokenized.
November 10, 2017
