Racial Equity Archives - Streetsblog Denver

STUDY: New Bike Lanes Aren’t Associated With Displacement of BIPOC, Low-Income People

The installation of new protected infrastructure for bicyclists is not associated with the displacement of people of color or of low-income urban residents, a new study reveals.

June 21, 2021

STUDY: New Bike Lanes Aren’t Associated With Displacement of BIPOC, Low-Income People

Active Transportation

Commentary: Cycling Towards Upward Mobility

Ann Nguyen writes, "As the fatal shootings happened in Atlanta on March 16, I was in a safe space speaking to leaders in the Colorado bicycle community about how I feel invisible but also empowered to come together and fight for the common liberation in all minority communities."

April 5, 2021

Elijah McClain

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

Streetsblog USA |Biden Harris

Biden Decries US DOT’s Destruction of Black Communities — But Will His Administration Make Reparations?

President Biden won points among some antiracist transportation advocates for calling out federal highway projects for destroying Black communities – and then lost points by failing to call for the USDOT itself to make reparations to the people it has harmed.

January 28, 2021

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

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 |New Orleans

STUDY: Streetcars Symbolize the Dangers of ‘Colorblind’ Transit Planning

Transit can be a powerful tool for mobility justice — but if we're not deliberate, it can be a tool for reinforcing white supremacy, too.

October 26, 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 |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 |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

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