Car Dependency Built the Modern Nursing Home
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The elderly have the highest risk for dying of the novel coronavirus in the U.S. The car-focused world many of them live in just makes it worse.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about mobility
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Talking Headways Podcast: Houston Mayor Turner’s Complete Communities
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This week, we talked to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner about the city’s Complete Communities program.
Thursday’s Headlines From Around the Nation
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Everyone knows transit is losing riders, but all modes are not alike. Click here for that story and more (including the latest from President Trump on how cities should run their transit systems. Woo-boy!).
Vehicle Safety Assessments Don’t Protect Pedestrians
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Federal regulators have failed to consider safety of pedestrians in their vehicle safety standards for far too long— and now the Government Accountability Office is calling them out.
What It's Like to Live on the Street During COVID-19
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A true eviction moratorium might have kept Miguel housed and stable; now he fears for his mental health and his ability to get back on his feet
We Need More Data on Walking During COVID-19
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The data we've got aren't painting the full picture — and we need more of it to help shape good policy.
STREETSBLOG NYC BUZZKILL: Blue Angels ‘Tribute’ is Just Pollution
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If spewing pollution over a city battling a respiratory disease is a salute, it's definitely the one-finger kind.
STREETSBLOG MASS ‘Essential’ Work Demands Put Areas of Color at Risk
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While much of the nation is staying at home to minimize the risks of COVID-19 transmission, the essential workers who continue to deliver our basic needs are still commuting to their jobs. That puts them at risk.
Expanding Sidewalks Does Not Spread COVID-19
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There are some city leaders who fear that if they make streets too pedestrian-friendly, it will encourage walkers to crowd the streets, spreading the virus more. It won't. Here's why.
STREETSBLOG SF No, Cars Did Not Save California from the Coronavirus
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California's favorite blowhard blames high density and "crowded subway trains and buses" for the fact that New York has endured some 25 times as many deaths from the pandemic as California
STREETSBLOG CHICAGO R.I.P. Bike Lane Hater John Forester, a Worthy Adversary
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While Forester's anti-bike lane credo ran contrary to much of what Streetsblog stands for, you still have to respect his tenacity.