Racism
Basics
New Trump Executive Order Will Pollute Black Communities
By dismantling key environmental protections, Trump is empowering cities to build highways through black neighborhoods — a heinous form of environmental racism that has killed countless Americans.
June 8, 2020
Equity, Open Streets and the Murder of Ahmaud Arbery
May 11, 2020
Car Pollution Makes Us More Vulnerable to COVID-19
COVID-19 is a killer. But it has an accomplice: car culture.
April 20, 2020
Op-Ed: Mobility Justice Amid COVID-19
Collectivism is the only way we will survive this moment. A manifesto from the Untokening network.
April 15, 2020
There is Structural Racism in Transport: Report
Smart Growth America: include community members in planning, hire more diverse staff, and stop displacing residents to combat generations of structural racism
December 18, 2019
Late Night Workers Could Save Big With 24-Hour Transit
Limited options force the most vulnerable employees to rely on cars, pushing up their transportation costs, a study finds.
September 10, 2019
Ohio’s Poor Face Nightmarish Commutes
Being poor anywhere is hard — but in Ohio, a lack of transit forces families to choose between housing they can't afford and long, exhausting commutes keeping them from their loved ones, a new study reveals.
June 17, 2019
Racial Change is Shaking up the Transit Landscape in Detroit, Atlanta
Mostly all white suburban counties that once rejected transit are now diverse and on the verge of embracing it.
May 30, 2019
Baltimore’s New Complete Streets Policy Aims to Promote Racial Equity
The next frontier in complete streets is equity and Baltimore is helping lead the way.
October 31, 2018
“I Can’t Go Everywhere that I Thought I Could Go”: When Black and Brown Cyclists Need Safety from More than Traffic
“I knew where I was,” muses Slimm, the 25-year-old road captain from the Los Ryderz Bike Club regarding his fateful decision to roll past 65th on Broadway – the heart of East Coast Crips territory, “but I was just riding by…”
May 2, 2018
