Op/Ed Archives — Page 12 of 16

OPINION: Anti-Racism Ads Can’t Hide the Ugly Reality Behind Uber

The company denies protections to its low-income, Black and brown drivers — says a candidate who drove for it. Here's why Albany must rein it in.

Phara Souffrant Forrest

September 16, 2020

OPINION: Anti-Racism Ads Can’t Hide the Ugly Reality Behind Uber

Streetsblog NYC |MTA

OPINION: Five Cheap Ways To Improve the Subway

The MTA could help fix its bottom line by caging tips from other subways around the world.

Connor Harris

August 31, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Equity

Opinion: Why is This Tiny E-Vehicle Illegal?

A newfangled device points up flaws in the VTL that can lead to over-policing and harassment.

Eve Kessler

August 13, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Children

Opinion: Let the Schools Use the Streets

The city's opening of streets for restaurants provided a lifeline in the pandemic. The schools deserve no less.

Brad Lander

August 6, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |City Council

Opinion: Time To Protect the City’s Street Vendors

The pandemic has hurt these mostly immigrant small businesses, which have always faced discriminatory enforcement. The administration must step up with law, open streets and policy.

Margaret Chin

July 29, 2020

Equity

Opinion: Urbanism is Complicit in Infra-Structural Racism — And Reparations Have a Place in the Built Environment

Municipal placemaking has long been an active effort to displace and erase Black people — and it is time to begin a process for atonement, says Destiny Thomas in an exclusive op-ed for Streetsblog.

Destiny Thomas

July 27, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycling

Opinion: The Fraught History of Cops and Bikes

It's a fine idea to get NYPD officers out of their SUV cruisers, onto bikes and into the community — but recent events show that our militarized police have used bikes as an instrument of oppression.

Streetsblog

July 19, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycling

Time To Ditch Railroads’ Outdated Bike Policy

The pandemic provides the perfect opportunity to fix the cumbersome rules of the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North.

The Long Island Rail Road Today

July 16, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Car-Free Streets

Op-Ed: The Dangers of Privatizing Public Space

As the city opens streets for restaurants, we must ensure that businesses' interests do not crowd out public needs.

Nicole A. Murray

July 5, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |NYPD

Op-Ed: It’s Time to Legalize Public Drinking

Those with fair skin in affluent ZIP codes will continue to drink with their friends in the streets, while minorities will be subject to arbitrary harassment and summonses for doing the same. This needs to stop.

Shabazz Stuart

June 28, 2020

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