Equity
“I Can’t Go Everywhere that I Thought I Could Go”: When Black and Brown Cyclists Need Safety from More than Traffic
“I knew where I was,” muses Slimm, the 25-year-old road captain from the Los Ryderz Bike Club regarding his fateful decision to roll past 65th on Broadway – the heart of East Coast Crips territory, “but I was just riding by…”
May 2, 2018
The Case for Fare-Capping
Low-income people shouldn't have to pay more per ride than people who can afford unlimited transit passes.
March 9, 2018
How Structural Racism at Regional Planning Agencies Hurts Cities
Your regional planning agency is probably set up to favor the suburbs.
January 5, 2018
Mobility Justice Advocates Gather in Leimert Park for Untokening California
She had had enough of hearing her community spoken about in offensive ways by well- (and not-so-well-) meaning planners and advocates, enough of giving 110 percent of herself only to realize a fraction of what she put forward was being seen as having value, enough of how disinterested those with power over what happened in marginalized communities remained in the larger picture, and enough of being tokenized.
November 10, 2017
Oboi Reed Launches Equiticity, a New Group to Push for Mobility Justice Nationwide
Their first project is to bring dockless bike-share to Chicago's South and West Sides.
November 6, 2017
Cleveland Police Enforcement of Transit “Proof-of-Payment” Ruled Unconstitutional
Proof-of-payment speeds up bus service. But leaving enforcement up to police can violate passengers' rights, a Cleveland judge ruled.
November 2, 2017
The Persistent Racial Disparities of Motor Vehicle Pollution
While tailpipe emissions have been lowered across the board, racial disparities persist in exposure to fine particles from motor vehicles.
October 17, 2017
Utah Police Shooting Underscores the Added Threat Facing Black People on Bikes
Police stopped Patrick Harmon for riding his bike without a rear light. When he attempted to flee, officer Clinton Fox shot him three times in the back.
October 6, 2017
Twitter Chat on #Untokening of Mobility Advocacy Explores Costs of Tokenization
"But whatever you do," the head of the history department told me, "do not use words like 'multicultural.' Parents will call to ask what on earth we're teaching their kids."
October 4, 2017
America Walks “Walking Toward Justice” Webinar: The Color of Law & Residential Segregation
A conversation about how to have uncomfortable conversations, moderated by Charles T. Brown and featuring Tamika Butler, Sahra Sulaiman, Sonia Jimenez, and author Richard Rothstein.
October 2, 2017
