Designing ‘Streets For Protest’ Won’t Work Because of Cops
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Can good street design really "protect" protesters — and the right to protest itself — from police brutality? No.
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Can Tactical Urbanism Be a Tool for Equity? A Conversation with Mike Lydon and Tony Garcia
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The creators of "tactical urbanism" sit down with Streetsblog to talk about where their quick-build methods are going in a historic moment that is finally centering real community engagement.
McConnell Calls House Infrastructure Plan a ‘Green New Deal Masquerading As a Highway Bill’
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Mitch McConnell just accidentally created a lot of new fans for a Democratic infrastructure bill. The Senate majority leader reacted to the news that the House had passed a massive new infrastructure act by calling it “a thousand-page cousin of the Green New Deal, masquerading as a highway bill” — providing an inadvertently helpful reframing […]
Four Things Every Sustainable Transportation Advocate Should Know About the INVEST Act
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The House reportedly likely to vote on a major infrastructure bill soon — and if it passes, it will have big consequences for the future of sustainable transportation in the U.S. The Moving Forward Act is a massive, $1.5-trillion bill that will have sweeping implications for housing, climate change, water, and land use in addition […]
When Highway Overpasses Become Housing
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The evection of unhoused people underneath a highway overpass in St. Louis race is serious questions, not only about city policy, but about a national trend of criminalizing people without homes.
Meet the McCloskeys: How Private Places Act as a Form of Spatial Anti-Blackness in St. Louis
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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.
COVID-19 Has Created More Cyclists; Here’s How Cities Can Keep Them on Their Bikes
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Two researchers share what they've learned about what cities should do to encourage cycling — coronavirus or no.
Can Corporate Micromobility Companies Really Turn Its Riders Into Street Safety Advocates?
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Will "Lime Action" succeed in the noble goal of supporting an advocate-set agenda for our mobility future? What is that agenda? Time will tell.
Portlanders Celebrate (And Question) New Cafes
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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 […]
New App Makes Mass Transit Accessible to People with Cognitive Disabilities
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A Columbus, Ohio research team is getting closer to releasing an app that could soon give people with cognitive disabilities more independence on mass transit systems across America. The Wayfinder app, developed by AbleLink Technologies in partnership with Smart Columbus, provides customizable support for users with cognitive difficulties, including disabilities stemming from medical conditions such […]
Op-Ed: Whose Streets? Black Streets
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Planners and urbanists, it’s time to reckon with the racism rampant in city building. Here are four actions to take.
‘Centering Equity is a Matter of Life and Death’: Responding to Anti-Black Racism in Urbanism
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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.