Op-Ed: Protests Are A Form of Placemaking
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These instances of road repurposing and placemaking are born from pain and anger, and yet they have brought communities together and created beauty.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Infrastructure
Op Ed: We Shouldn’t Fix Some ‘Crumbling’ Highways
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Americans shouldn't have to choose between building endless new highway miles and endlessly fixing the roads that destroy our places — because there are a lot of highways that deserve to be decommissioned.
How to Design Self-Policing Streets
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We should be redesigning our transportation system to reduce the chances of Black and Brown residents interacting with law enforcement, and to promote transportation equity.
How to Center Community Input in Slow Streets Projects
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47th Ward alderman Matt Martin hosted a panel on these topics with reps from the Active Transportation Alliance, the Metropolitan Planning Council, and Streetsblog Chicago.
Chicago Still Lacks COVID-19 Bus Lane Plan
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Chicago is lagging far behind peer cities when it comes to creating dedicated bus lanes, so that passengers spend less time time onboard, reducing their risk of viral exposure.
How to Address Anti-Black Racism in Urban Planning
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The Canadian Urban Institute recently held an online panel centered around the question of “How do we respond to anti-Black racism in urbanist practices and conversations?”