Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Homelessness

Controversial New L.A. Ordinance Cracks Down on Bicycle "Chop Shops"

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jun 15, 2022 | No Comments

In a brief and anticlimactic session yesterday, City Council tentatively* approved a controversial ordinance cracking down on so-called “bicycle chop shops,” which advocates say targets unhoused people.

How To Save the Lives of Unhoused Pedestrians

By Kea Wilson | Jun 13, 2022 | No Comments

A disproportionate number of unhoused pedestrians are being killed in car crashes across America — and protecting this uniquely vulnerable group will require a set of strategies that both include and exceed even the conventional street safety playbook, a new study argues.

Talking Headways Podcast: Building a Better Transit Board

By Jeff Wood | Jan 6, 2022 | No Comments

This week on the podcast, we’re back at last fall’s virtual Railvolution conference. Former BART GM Grace Crunican discusses the role of board members in transit agencies with former MBTA board member Monica Tibbits-Nutt and former Houston Metro board member Christof Spieler.

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Untrashing the Planet, One Corner at a Time

By Melanie Curry | Jan 5, 2021 | No Comments

Cleaning up means working together, but also just getting out there with gloves and bags and picking up the trash.

When Highway Overpasses Become Housing

By Kea Wilson | Jul 1, 2020 | No Comments

The evection of unhoused people underneath a highway overpass in St. Louis race is serious questions, not only about city policy, but about a national trend of criminalizing people without homes.

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What Will Happen When Evictions Start Again?

By Melanie Curry | Jun 5, 2020 | No Comments

New UCLA Luskin Center report warns of a dire future in L.A., if big changes aren't made now - but the lesson is relevant statewide. Nationwide.

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