Streetsblog USA Archives - Page 18 of 127

Post-COVID Car Sales Are on the Rise — Especially Sales of Trucks and SUVs

Drivers aren't just buying more cars than they were a month ago — they're buying bigger ones.

June 23, 2020

‘You Barely Hear Our Stories’: Tiffanie Stanfield Fights Hit-and-Run Driving

As the founder of H.A.R.D., Tiffanie Stanfield fights against a traffic violence epidemic with a uniquely high impact on the Black community — and she wants you to join her.

June 22, 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 |Coronavirus

Four Signs This Might Be Micromobility’s Big Moment

From soaring ridership to major expansion, there's new evidence that reports of the micromobility industry's early death to COVID-19 may have been greatly exaggerated.

June 16, 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

Streetsblog USA |congestion

Congestion Pricing Can Be Built For Equity

City leaders can bust myths about congestion pricing in the public consciousness — and implement road pricing that makes entire transportation networks more equitable, rather than less, a new study reveals.

May 28, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Bike/Ped

Poor and Black ‘Invisible Cyclists’ Need to be Part of Post-Pandemic Transport Planning Too

Editor’s note: this article originally appeared on The Conversation and is republished here with permission. As states and workplaces prepare to open up after the lockdown, many people are looking for alternatives to public transit to get to work. The National Association of City Transport Officials reports an “explosion in cycling” in many U.S. cities. […]

May 28, 2020

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