Houston’s I-45 Project is More ‘Urban Renewal’ Racism
Racist highway policies of the 1940s and 1950s are still with us today.
June 8, 2020
CDC Revise Awful COVID-19 Commuting Recommendations, But They’re Still Not Great
The Centers for Disease Control is still encouraging financial incentives for single occupancy car commutes — and failing to address the barriers to other modes.
June 4, 2020
Thursday Headlines From Around The Nation
On the streets, police are still brutalizing protestors, committing vehicle-ramming attacks, and denying journalists their constitutional right to do their jobs — plus other news.
June 4, 2020
Under the Banner of ‘Urbanism’: An Interview With Kristen Jeffers
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.
June 3, 2020
Wednesday’s Headlines From Around the Nation
More curfews, more transit and micromobility shutdowns, more police brutality, more courageous protestors standing up against state-sanctoined violence. Plus, more news.
June 3, 2020
Tuesday’s Headlines From Around the Nation
Cities across America begin curfews to prevent people from expressing outrage over the murder of George Floyd. Plus the rest of the news.
June 2, 2020
Feds Seek Incentives to Encourage Driving (Which Will Accelerate the Other Pandemic — Traffic Violence)
Federal officials want to incentivize urban driving, claiming it will reduce the spread of COVID-19. Here's why they're wrong.
May 29, 2020
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 29, 2020
Poor and Black ‘Invisible Cyclists’ Need to be Part of Post-Pandemic Transport Planning Too
As states and workplaces prepare to open up after the lockdown, many people are looking for alternatives to public transit to get to work.
May 28, 2020
Scrapped JUMP Bikes Raise Questions About Waste in the Micromobility Industry
There were practical reasons for Uber to recycle dozens of perfectly good e-bikes — but we can still do better.
May 27, 2020
