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Talking Headways Podcast: Valuing Black Lives and Property

By Jeff Wood | Jul 30, 2020 | No Comments

This week, we talk to an expert in Black wealth about why development and placemaking always leaves out the community. Obviously, just because a big company comes to town does not mean everyone will benefit.

Thursday’s Headlines Served Up Fresh

By Blake Aued | Jul 30, 2020 | No Comments

Caltrain gets a lifeline! But transit in general is in dire straights. That plus all the other news, right here right now.

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5 Barriers BIPOC Face to Sustainable Transport Access

By Courtney Cobbs | Jul 29, 2020 | No Comments

We must look at all the factors that are preventing people from using more sustainable modes of travel and work to address those issues.

The WeClaim lane delineator. Image description: A man bikes in a protected bike lane, shielded from car traffic by a series of recycled car tires that have been sculpted into planters for tall grasses and outfitted with reflective tape. Source: Spin

Protected Bike Lanes that Any City Can Afford

By Kea Wilson | Jul 29, 2020 | No Comments

You don't need to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to protect cyclists, scooter riders, and other vulnerable road users from car traffic.

Wednesday’s Headlines for You Right Now

By Blake Aued | Jul 29, 2020 | No Comments

The nation's transit systems are hanging in limbo as the GOP diddles in DC.

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Opinion: Time To Protect the City’s Street Vendors

By Margaret Chin | Jul 29, 2020 | No Comments

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.

We're in for a lot of empty trains — and economic catastrophe — if we don't get a better relief bill soon. Image description: An empty train car with blue and red seats. Source Creative commons

GOP Relief Bill Gives $0 to Transit

By Kea Wilson | Jul 28, 2020 | No Comments

Nope, not even a penny.

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How Massachusetts is Reforming Fare Enforcement

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 28, 2020 | No Comments

In addition authorizing debt spending for hundreds of infrastructure projects across the Commonwealth, the multi-billion dollar bond package that the Massachusetts Senate passed earlier this month would also make significant reforms to how the MBTA enforces fare payments on its trains, buses, and ferries. The Commonwealth’s current fare evasion law sets large penalties for people […]

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NYC ‘Open Streets’ Are In Wealthier Neighborhoods

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 27, 2020 | No Comments

Mayor de Blasio’s Open Streets program — meant to give New Yorkers socially distanced recreation space during the COVID-19 crisis — caters to the rich, a Streetsblog analysis shows.

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