Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Racism

What’s in the New ‘Climate’ Deal for Sustainable Transport — And What’s Not

By Kea Wilson | Jul 29, 2022 | No Comments

The Senate is on the brink of passing one of the most robust climate spending bills in U.S. history — but sustainable transportation advocates say it won't do enough to decarbonize the transportation sector.

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HOLIDAY READ: What Advocates Need to Know About the ‘Reconnecting Communities’ Program

By Kea Wilson | Jul 4, 2022 | No Comments

A disappointingly small federal fund to repair the devastation inflicted by highway builders on predominantly Black, brown, and poor communities is now accepting applications. But more needs to be done.

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Op-Ed: Why Decarceration Must Be a Part of Transportation Reform

By Sarah Bond | Jun 16, 2022 | No Comments

Transit agencies can move from a policing model that seeks to detain, arrest, and imprison people to a system that carefully considers accessibility, affordability, mental health, public health, reentry, safety, and healing. Here's how.

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Study: Black Cyclists Die 4.5x More Often Than White Riders

By Kea Wilson | Jun 14, 2022 | No Comments

And the stats aren't much better for other modes or other racially marginalized groups.

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Cracking the Code on Fighting Highway Expansion Projects

By Streetsblog | May 19, 2022 | No Comments

"So many neighborhoods across the country are saddled with an aging, unsafe, polluting piece of highway infrastructure. We have to do something about it," says one activist.

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Why Transportation Advocates Need to Talk About Abortion Access

By Kea Wilson | May 3, 2022 | No Comments

Auto-centrism already poses a barrier to health care — and the likely rollback of the once-protected procedure could make that hurdle insurmountable for many.

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