Wednesday’s Headlines: Honeymoon is Over Edition
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Mayor Adams claimed on Tuesday that the vaunted New York City press corps was covering him wrong because they're all White. Plus other news.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Racism
ANALYSIS: When Speed Cameras Are Racist
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When are automated speed cameras an equitable tool for roadway safety — and when are they speed traps that disincentivize cities from making roadways safe because of the money that's coming in?
National Year In Review 2021: First, the Bad News…
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It's time for our year-in-review. Let's get the bad news out of the way first.
Boogie Down Biden: Pols, City DOT Hail Fed Funds for Capping the Cross Bronx Expressway
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Sen. Chuck Schumer, Rep. Ritchie Torres and DOT Commissioner Hank Gutman hailed the $1.2-trillion federal infrastructure bill for creating a $1-billion "Reconnecting Communities" pilot to "study ... removing, retro-fitting, or mitigating" highways that hurt "community connectivity, mobility, access, or economic development."
Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: How Berkeley Is De-Policing Traffic Enforcement
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Consistent with Vision Zero principles, we want to ensure all street users feel and are safe from harm while in public space. To achieve this vision we have a duty to work to end police violence associated with traffic enforcement.
Study: Police Killings of Civilians Undercounted By More Than Half
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The number of people killed by police officers in the U.S. has been massively underreported in official statistics over the past four decades, with an additional 17,000 deaths over that period, according to our new research.