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Smart Growth America Equity Summit envisions a community-lead approach to planning

The summit laid out a vision for a transportation planning process that assess errors of the past and the needs of the present, and envisions the future in a spirit of trust, celebration and healing.

February 2, 2021

Smart Growth America Equity Summit envisions a community-lead approach to planning

Streetsblog USA |Equity

Talking Headways Podcast: ‘Intro to the City’

How do Black and Hispanic kids feel when they go into a Whole Foods? Not welcome, that's for sure. And therein lies a major problem.

January 14, 2021

Streetsblog USA |Bicycling

STUDY: Most Cyclists Killed Are Middle-Aged

A new study finds that traffic violence deaths among adult cyclists in the U.S. have tripled since 1975, even though cycling deaths overall have actually decreased by 17 percent over the same period.

November 2, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Bicycling

How to Bike With Disabilities, Discrimination, and Difference

When it comes to getting out and enjoying life on two wheels, some of the most intimidating barriers we must confront have less to do with hulking SUVs more to do with what types of bodies our entire culture is built to suit — and in a new online speaker series, 13 riders shared the personal stories that shape the way they ride.

October 29, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Car Culture

STUDY: How Cars Are Making Us All Depressed (Even If We Don’t Drive)

A new study shows that vehicle pollution may have more to do with our mental health than anyone realized.

October 28, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Baltimore

Study: Transit Is Failing Non-White Night Shift Workers

Mass transit is a lifeline to opportunity for low income Americans. But most of them live in neighborhoods that are poorly served by buses and trains — especially at night.

October 9, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Bicycling

D.C. Shows What To Do When Your Vision Zero Plan Is Failing

The nation's capital is failing to meet its Vision Zero goal — but it's not taking the loss lying down.

September 27, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Equity

Op-Ed: It Shouldn’t Cost 31x More To Take Transit Than Park

Everything you need to know about equity and privilege in urban transportation is reflected in how much we charge for parking compared to transit.

September 23, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Children

How to Remake Streets for Kids During COVID-19

Cities need to keep their youngest residents safe, healthy, and learning in their own neighborhood thanks to a pandemic that is putting roughly 80 percent of U.S. students on remote learning. Here's how.

September 13, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Cars

Quarantine Saved US Drivers $22B — And Saved Society Far More

A massive shift to remote work during national COVID-19 lockdowns saved commuters as much as $22 billion in direct commuting costs — and it saved society nearly as much money in avoided car crashes and carbon outputs. But that's only the tip of the iceberg.

September 10, 2020

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