Study: For Nearly Half of Drivers, Threat of Police Enforcement Doesn’t Deter Texting
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An over-focus on enforcement poses unconscionable dangers to black residents — and it doesn't even deter many dangerous drivers.
Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Equity
Safe Routes to School Drops Recommendation of Police Enforcement
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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.
New Trump Executive Order Will Pollute Black Communities
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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.
Houston’s I-45 Project is More ‘Urban Renewal’ Racism
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Racist highway policies of the 1940s and 1950s are still with us today.
Protests Lay Bare Structural Racism in Transit Policing
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Even after COVID-19, the governor and MTA doubled down on hiring more cops for the subway. Will a popular movement open a debate about the control of public space?
PoC Transportation Leaders Call for Antiracist Action from Their Community
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BIPOC leaders have long urged antiracist action from their white counterparts — but those calls have gained particular urgency in the wake of the recent murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Here are helpful resources from three top leaders.