Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Equity

How to Remake Streets for Kids During COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | Sep 13, 2020 | No Comments

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.

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

By Kea Wilson | Sep 10, 2020 | No Comments

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.

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Despite Months of Protests, NHTSA Still Thinks Cops Can Make Cyclists and Peds Safer

By Kea Wilson | Sep 1, 2020 | No Comments

There's just one thing missing from the federal agency's "idea book" on enhancing police support for road safety : any acknowledgement of the existence of violent structural racism.

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Why Every City Needs to Learn the Three A’s of Equitable Pedestrian Planning

By Kea Wilson | Aug 21, 2020 | No Comments

Only 40 percent of pedestrian master plans commit to concrete goals to actually reduce equity disparities.

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Decoding Trump’s Racist ‘War on Suburbs’ Rhetoric

By Kea Wilson | Aug 17, 2020 | No Comments

Trump claimed that an Obama housing rule was forcing communities to build high-density, low-income buildings in suburbia — or, as Trump put it, "mak[ing] sure there is no escape" from "the crime and chaos [found] in Democrat-run cities."

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Four Facts on Kamala Harris’s Transportation Record

By Kea Wilson | Aug 12, 2020 | No Comments

The California senator isn't a flawless street safety advocate, but some of her history is making transportation advocates hopeful.

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