Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Racial Equity

What’s In the US DOT ‘Equity Action Plan’ — And What’s Missing

By Kea Wilson | Apr 21, 2022 | No Comments

A new federal action plan to advance "equity" in the transportation realm includes concrete commitments to reform a transportation network that too often disenfranchises marginalized people — but it doesn't go far enough, some say.

GOP governors don't want any curtailment of highway widening. Above, a highway in Pittsburgh. Photo: File

GOP Govs to Biden: Don’t Force Your Progressive Politics on our Highway Projects

By Eve Kessler | Jan 21, 2022 | No Comments

Republican governors banded together to thwart the federal government's push to use the new $1.2-trillion infrastructure package to promote progress on climate change, jobs and racial justice.

Advocates Debate Role of Education and Enforcement in Safe Systems Approach

By Kea Wilson | Dec 17, 2021 | No Comments

A prominent highway safety organization is still pushing enforcement and education in the fight to end roadway fatalities — again sparking controversy among advocates of better road design who say that driver behavior is already over-emphasized and policing subject to racial bias.

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Philly Abolished Minor Traffic Stops; Your City Should, Too

By Courtney Cobbs | Nov 19, 2021 | No Comments

Philadelphia enacted new legislation aimed towards reducing racial disparities in traffic stops and improving police-community relations.

A community walk organized by the organization Stop TxDOT I-45 which toured historic sections of town that stand to be destroyed by Houston’s proposed I-45 expansion. Photo: Anni Mulligan for the Houston Chronicle

Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: How To Stop a Highway

By Susan Graham | Oct 19, 2021 | No Comments

Lessons from the frontline of the fight against a Texas highway expansion plan.

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Report: States Must Fix Bias in Policing

By Fiifi Frimpong | Aug 9, 2021 | No Comments

"[The report] helps us ... address a lot of problems with law enforcement in this country,” said Russ Martin, the spokesman for the Governors Highway Safety Association, which undertook its review after the killing of George Floyd.

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