Op-Ed: Police Have Always Limited Black People’s Mobility and Safety in Public Space
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This moment is an opportunity to redefine the role of police and center Black lives, our freedom, and our movement through spaces.
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PoC Transportation Leaders Call for Antiracist Action from Their Community
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BIPOC leaders have long urged antiracist action from their white counterparts — but those calls have gained particular urgency in the wake of the recent murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Here are helpful resources from three top leaders.
Under the Banner of ‘Urbanism’: An Interview With Kristen Jeffers
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Kristen Jeffers, the founder and editor-in-chief at the The Black Urbanist, talks to Streetsblog about how land use, planning and transportation systems don't often center black, queer, and feminist voices. And should.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS: Black New Yorkers Talk About Their Fear in Public Space
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Many are walking the walk — but only minorities are feeling the fear.
Closing Public Restrooms During COVID Hurts Mobility
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The lack of public restrooms available during the pandemic is a major challenge for families with young kids, pregnant people, delivery workers, and others. How can we address that?
City Transport Officials Condemn Police Violence and Affirm Black Lives Matter
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A national umbrella group of urban planners carves out a much broader vision for safe streets — one based on justice and safety from police violence.
Micromobility Shut Downs During Curfews
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Gov. Cuomo's 11 p.m.-to-5 a.m. curfew allows essential workers to drive their cars — but it doesn't allow them to rent a Citi Bike or Revel scooter, Streetsblog has learned.
Op-Ed: Let People March In the Streets
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We must recognize the ad-hoc nature of the urban streetscape. Yes, our avenues can move bicycles, busses, trucks, cars and pedestrians but they can also propel our democracy.
NYPD Out of Control: Videos Depict Cops Ramming Squad Cars into Protesters
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Police are using their squad cars as deadly weapons in their response on Saturday to protesters decrying police violence against people of color, most recently the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
COVID? What COVID? Gridlock Returns to SoMa
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While the CDC advises more single-occupancy driving, it's painfully obvious why that won't work in San Francisco
Feds Seek Incentives to Encourage Driving (Which Will Accelerate the Other Pandemic — Traffic Violence)
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Federal officials want to incentivize urban driving, claiming it will reduce the spread of COVID-19. Here's why they're wrong.
Rush Hour Transit Demand Craters Due to COVID-19 — But Midday Demand Doesn’t
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Covid-19 has understandably caused steep declines in public transit demand, but the pattern of that fall is important. Peak (rush hour) demand has fallen much more than all-day demand, mirroring a change in travel demand overall.