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Can Tactical Urbanism Be a Tool for Equity? A Conversation with Mike Lydon and Tony Garcia

The creators of "tactical urbanism" sit down with Streetsblog to talk about where their quick-build methods are going in a historic moment that is finally centering real community engagement.

July 6, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Equity

Meet the McCloskeys: How Private Places Act as a Form of Spatial Anti-Blackness in St. Louis

Two white homeowners threatened the lives of Black Lives Mater protesters in on a private street in St. Louis on Sunday, raising new questions about anti-Black racism in pseudo-public space.

June 29, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Coronavirus

Portlanders Celebrate (And Question) New Cafes

For years local transportation reform activists have pushed City of Portland to go beyond car storage and driving and think more creatively about what we can do with our streets. And when calls for new uses of street space were made, it was often restaurant owners who lined up to say their business would perish […]

June 26, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Equity

Op-Ed: Whose Streets? Black Streets

Planners and urbanists, it’s time to reckon with the racism rampant in city building. Here are four actions to take.

June 24, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Equity

What ‘Abolish the Police’ Could Mean for Street Safety

What does #defundthepolice really mean for road safety — in the broadest sense of that term?

June 21, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Autonomous cars

Study: AVs May Not Detect Darker-Skinned Pedestrians As Often As Lighter Ones

Driverless cars are worse at detecting darker skin pigments, meaning that autonomous vehicles might not solve the already disproportionate pedestrian death toll faced by black communities, according to a new study.

June 17, 2020

Streetsblog USA |AAA

Study: For Nearly Half of Drivers, Threat of Police Enforcement Doesn’t Deter Texting

An over-focus on enforcement poses unconscionable dangers to black residents — and it doesn't even deter many dangerous drivers.

June 11, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Children

Safe Routes to School Drops Recommendation of Police Enforcement

Black activists have long maintained that police presence is a barrier to the safe use of the streets for Black children. Now, a major national program is listening — and making big changes.

June 10, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Coronavirus

New Trump Executive Order Will Pollute Black Communities

By dismantling key environmental protections, Trump is empowering cities to build highways through black neighborhoods — a heinous form of environmental racism that has killed countless Americans.

June 8, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Boondoggles

Houston’s I-45 Project is More ‘Urban Renewal’ Racism

Racist highway policies of the 1940s and 1950s are still with us today.

June 7, 2020

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