Mobility Justice
Mexico’s ‘Right to Mobility’ Amendment Could Shift Road Safety Discourse and Save Thousands of Lives
"As valuable as this step is, it is just one step. The work to translate this right to mobility from principle to action is the crucial next phase."
November 4, 2020
Why Walkability is Key to a Dementia-Friendly City
How do we make urban spaces more dementia-friendly? Many of the solutions are surprisingly simple: walkable urban design and dementia-friendly design are often one and the same.
October 29, 2020
STUDY: How Cars Are Making Us All Depressed (Even If We Don’t Drive)
A new study shows that vehicle pollution may have more to do with our mental health than anyone realized.
October 28, 2020
Can Austin Supersize Transit Without Supercharging Gentrification?
Voters in Austin might soon approve a historic ballot measure that would radically increase transit access — and fund an anti-displacement program that could become a model for communities across the U.S.
October 26, 2020
D.C. Shows What To Do When Your Vision Zero Plan Is Failing
The nation's capital is failing to meet its Vision Zero goal — but it's not taking the loss lying down.
September 28, 2020
Top Highway Safety Org Recommends Reform in Traffic Policing; Activists Say We Need Abolition
An influential transportation safety organization recommended ways to cut racism from traffic policing — but stopped short of advocating to get police out of traffic enforcement altogether.
September 25, 2020
It Shouldn’t Cost 31x More To Take Transit Than Park
Everything you need to know about equity and privilege in urban transportation is reflected in how much we charge for parking compared to transit.
September 24, 2020
How Cop “Courtesy Cards” Keep Dangerous Drivers On the Roads
A recent exposé explored the corrupt phenomenon of police courtesy cards in the New York area. But for street-safety and mobility-justice advocates, it's just the tip of the iceberg.
September 4, 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
New App Makes Mass Transit Accessible to People with Cognitive Disabilities
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.
June 25, 2020