Equity
Basics
Talking Headways Podcast: A New Way of Public Engagement in Durham
This week, Aidil Ortiz, principal at Aidilisms, and Mary Kate Morookian, a transit planner at Kimley Horn, speak one-on-one about the Durham Transit Plan and how they approached public engagement.
April 7, 2022
A conversation with UIC researchers about Chicago’s traffic camera program
During the conversation, the UIC researchers discussed potential equity issues with the program, as well as sharing the nitty-gritty of their methodology.
February 14, 2022
Analysis: NYC’s Speed Cameras Aren’t Racist — But the City’s Road Design Is
Speed cameras are not disproportionately concentrated in low-income communities of color, despite a pervasive belief that the cameras are a money-making ploy that unfairly target Black and Brown neighborhoods, a Streetsblog analysis reveals.
February 14, 2022
How the U.S. Transportation System Fuels Inequality
Transportation policies prioritizing private vehicle use leave the poor and people of color behind.
February 4, 2022
OPINION: Ordering Takeout? Stop Complaining and Look in the Mirror
Entitled, app-using New Yorkers don't seem to understand their central role in creating unsafe streets.
February 4, 2022
Gary, Indiana considers a switch to all-electric buses
GPTC bought four electric buses that are expected to be delivered by late spring/early summer. They will primarily be used on the Broadway, one of Gary’s main commercial thoroughfares.
January 19, 2022
What should we do about racial discrepancies in Chicago’s life-saving traffic cam program?
There's no question that the cams are preventing injury and fatality crashes, but Black and Latino motorists and racking up more tickets and suffering financing hardship. Should we reform or abolish it.
January 15, 2022
New State Rule Would Force Suburbs to Legalize Thousands of New Apartments Near T Stops
The Baker administration is gearing up to implement a new law that could force suburbs in the MBTA service area to reform zoning laws and legalize the construction of tens or even hundreds of thousands of new homes near MBTA stations across eastern Massachusetts.
January 13, 2022
UIC Study: Speed cams save lives, but drivers from POC communities get more tickets
City officials say they plan to use the report to improve the program.
January 11, 2022
Who should we be really building bikeways for?
A discussion of whether or not "door zone" lanes lanes are terrible yielded an essential truth: To dramatically build bike mode-share, what we need a network of 8-to-80 facilities.
January 10, 2022
