Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Equity

Road Death Rate Worse for Blacks, Indigenous People

By Kea Wilson | Jun 23, 2021 | No Comments

The U.S. is still failing to make meaningful progress to end the decades-long racial disparity in fatal car crash rates across modes, a new study finds — and things got worse during the pandemic.

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STUDY: Bike Lanes Don't Cause Displacement

By Kea Wilson | Jun 21, 2021 | No Comments

The installation of new protected infrastructure for bicyclists is not associated with the displacement of people of color or of low-income urban residents, a new study reveals.

Image: Karlis Dambrans via Creative Commons

Electric Vehicles Won’t Save Us

By Coby Lefkowitz | Jun 18, 2021 | No Comments

Why EV’s are false prophets in the fight for a better world.

We Need the 'Big Shift' in How U.S. Does Infrastructure

By Streetsblog | Jun 8, 2021 | No Comments

America is on the brink of making one of the biggest investments in transportation infrastructure in a generation — and a new event will explore why we need an even bigger cultural shift towards mobility justice if we want to do it right.

San Francisco's Great Highway after it was given the "freeways to boulevard" treatment in April, 2020. But that was a COVID-era plan that may not be permanent.

These 15 Urban Highways Have Got to Go

By Kea Wilson | Jun 2, 2021 | No Comments

A leading advocacy group is calling for the removal of 15 urban highways built on land from which millions of BIPOC residents were forcibly displaced — including the site of the Tulsa race massacre of 1921.

Photo: New Jersey Bicycle and Pedestrian Resource Center

Study: Cycling Rates Low Unless Women Are Riding

By Kea Wilson | May 13, 2021 | No Comments

Around the world, cities that do the best job of catering to the needs of women cyclists also have the highest level of cycling overall, a new study finds — and the U.S. has among the lowest share of female riders on the planet.

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