Ten Cities To Use Open Streets As Tools for Equity
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The winners of a new grant will seek put roads to their highest and best use at this historic moment: helping the most undeserved residents of our cities.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Open Streets
Washington Gives Lanes Back to People on State Roads
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A state DOT program will expand city leaders' toolboxes for delivering residents changes they actually want.
Can Tactical Urbanism Be a Tool for Equity?
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The creators of "tactical urbanism" sit down with Streetsblog to talk about where their quick-build methods are going in a historic moment that is finally centering real community engagement.
Talking With Kristen Jeffers of 'The Black Urbanist'
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Kristen Jeffers, the founder and editor-in-chief at the The Black Urbanist, talks to Streetsblog about how land use, planning and transportation systems don't often center black, queer, and feminist voices. And should.
Interview: Oakland leader on Racial Equity And Mobility
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Warren Logan, policy director of mobility and interagency relations for the mayor’s office of Oakland, which in April became the first city to launch “Slow Streets,” has been at the forefront of the movement to create more space for safe, socially-distanced transportation and recreation during COVID-19. I first heard about Warren in an August 2019 […]
NACTO Drops Playbook for Fighting COVID-19
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The group's member cities have been working hard to make public space as safe as possible during the pandemic — and the organization just compiled their best strategies.