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Commentary: Walking While Black in the Mile High City

Some of the most memorable racist incidents that Adrian Miller has experienced in Denver happened when he was Walking while Black.

March 15, 2021

Commentary: Walking While Black in the Mile High City

Streetsblog USA |Governors Highway Safety Association

Top Highway Safety Org Recommends Reform in Traffic Policing; Activists Say We Need Abolition

An influential transportation safety organization recommended ways to cut racism from traffic policing — but stopped short of advocating to get police out of traffic enforcement altogether.

September 24, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Bicycling

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

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.

September 1, 2020

Streetsblog USA |California

Berkeley To Become the First US City To De-Cop Traffic Enforcement

But advocates say it's important we remain vigilant about what replaces it.

July 16, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Plazas

Designing ‘Streets For Protest’ Won’t Work Because of Cops

Can good street design really "protect" protesters — and the right to protest itself — from police brutality? No.

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

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