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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

Streetsblog USA |Jaywalking

How (And Why!) to Repeal ‘Jaywalking’ Laws

A movement is growing to strike down racially biased and ineffective “jaywalking” laws across America — and the advocates behind these efforts say the path to doing it everywhere may be smoother than it has been in the past.

May 4, 2021

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 |Mobility Justice

This Year’s List of the Most Dangerous Cities for Walkers Is Unacceptably Familiar

Every single state in America but one has gotten more dangerous for walkers in the last two years, and the one that didn't only managed to maintain its abysmal rate of walking fatalities, rather than reducing it.

March 9, 2021

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 |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 |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 |Police Misconduct

‘Centering Equity is a Matter of Life and Death’: Responding to Anti-Black Racism in Urbanism

Five visionary leaders shared their wisdom on how to take antiracist action in the built environment professions. Here are a few of the highlights for Streetsblog readers.

June 24, 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

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