Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Walking

Essay: Why Even The Most Progressive Cities Are Failing Their Car-Free Residents

By Ned Resnikoff | May 18, 2023 | No Comments

As traffic violence has climbed over the past few years, a number of ostensibly progressive, climate-friendly cities have demonstrated that they are uninterested in taking even modest steps to support non-drivers.

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Film Explores the Reality of 'Biking While Black'

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 24, 2023 | No Comments

“When there’s a disenfranchised community with unsafe streets – how can you tell a kid to go out and ride a bike when they could be killed?” she asks. “The wellness and the joy that bicycling brings, it’s missing for so many households. It’s going to take all of us to make it possible to ride a bike.”

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What If We Applied the Transit Ambassadors Model to Other Public Spaces?

By John Greenfield | Apr 18, 2023 | No Comments

This could be a cost-effective way to promote public safety, help at-risk individuals, create jobs, and improve downtown's reputation as a safe, fun place to spend time.

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Exactly How Much Less America Walks Than Other Countries, In Five Charts

By Kea Wilson | Apr 14, 2023 | No Comments

Two mobility researchers took on the daunting task of standardizing a messy range of global data on walking. Check it out.

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WalkBoston Analysis Finds Traffic Violence Is Overwhelmingly Concentrated in Lower-Income, Non-White Neighborhoods

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 3, 2023 | No Comments

2022 was a record-breaking year for bloodshed on Massachusetts roadways, and a new WalkBoston report finds that more than 70 percent of all fatal crashes that killed a pedestrian occurred in state-designated “environmental justice” neighborhoods, where residents are more likely to be people of color or come from lower-income households. “This skewed spatial distribution of […]

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“Carmageddon” by Discusses How Our Society Became So Auto-centric

By Michael Lynch | Mar 31, 2023 | No Comments

His advice for people inspired by his book to try to fix this? “I think my advice would be ‘Be louder’, because you are quite numerous. There's more of you than you think.”

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