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Covering the movement to end car dependency and improve biking, walking and transit in America.

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Brad Lander is a council member representing Park Slope, Windsor Terrace and Kensington in Brooklyn.

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Children

Opinion: Let the Schools Use the Streets

Margaret Chin

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City Council

Opinion: Time To Protect the City’s Street Vendors

Dr. Destiny Thomas is the founder and chief executive officer of <a href="https://thrivancegroup.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Thrivance Group</a>. An anthropologist planner from Oakland, Thomas has a combined six years of experience working in a project manager capacity within government agencies. In addition, Thomas has seven years of experience leading key advancements in racial equity initiatives across the state by way of community organizing, policy writing, and non-profit management in communities that have been most impacted by racial inequities. Thomas earned a BA in Political Science from Fisk University in 2006, an MPA with an emphasis in Public Health and Non Profit Management from Tennessee State University in 2008, and a PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the California Institute of Integral Studies in 2016. Follow her on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/DrDesThePlanner?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@drdestheplanner</a>.

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Breonna Taylor Mural

Equity

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

This story is the work of the Streetsblog staff.

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Bicycling

Opinion: The Fraught History of Cops and Bikes

The Long Island Rail Road Today

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Time To Ditch Railroads’ Outdated Bike Policy

Nicole A. Murray

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Car-Free Streets

Op-Ed: The Dangers of Privatizing Public Space

Shabazz Stuart

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NYPD

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

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Op/Ed

Op-Ed: Let People March In the Streets

Amos Haggiag

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Buses

Op-Ed: What Does Social Distancing Mean for Public Transit?

Street Vendor Project

Bill de Blasio

Vendors Must Be Included in Outdoor Dining Push