Equity
Op-Ed: Making Black Lives Matter in Street Safety
July 1, 2020
Meet the McCloskeys: How Private Places Act as a Form of Spatial Anti-Blackness in St. Louis
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.
June 29, 2020
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 without maximum access for car users.
June 26, 2020
How to Design Self-Policing Streets
June 25, 2020
Op-Ed: Whose Streets? Black Streets
Planners and urbanists, it’s time to reckon with the racism rampant in city building. Here are four actions to take.
June 24, 2020
How to Center Community Input in Slow Streets Projects
June 22, 2020
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 22, 2020
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
How to Address Anti-Black Racism in Urban Planning
June 14, 2020
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 12, 2020
