Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Equity

Gary, Ind. Considers Switch to All-Electric Buses

By Igor Studenkov | Jan 19, 2022 | No Comments

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.

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What should we do about racial discrepancies in Chicago’s life-saving traffic cam program?

By John Greenfield | Jan 15, 2022 | No Comments

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.

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New Mass. Rule Would Force Suburbs to Legalize Thousands of New Apartments Near Transit Stops

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 13, 2022 | No Comments

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.

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Study: Speed Cams Save Lives, But Communities of Color Get More Tix

By John Greenfield | Jan 11, 2022 | No Comments

City officials say they plan to use the report to improve the program.

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Who Should We Be Building Bikeways For?

By John Greenfield | Jan 10, 2022 | No Comments

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.

D.C. Law Makes Employers Refund Workers Who Don't Drive

By Kea Wilson | Jan 7, 2022 | No Comments

Many employers in Washington, D.C. are now required to pay workers who turn down their company-sponsored parking benefits.

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