Op/Ed Archives — Page 12 of 15

Opinion: Time To Protect the City’s Street Vendors

The pandemic has hurt these mostly immigrant small businesses, which have always faced discriminatory enforcement. The administration must step up with law, open streets and policy.

Margaret Chin

July 29, 2020

Opinion: Time To Protect the City’s Street Vendors

Equity

Opinion: Urbanism is Complicit in Infra-Structural Racism — And Reparations Have a Place in the Built Environment

Municipal placemaking has long been an active effort to displace and erase Black people — and it is time to begin a process for atonement, says Destiny Thomas in an exclusive op-ed for Streetsblog.

Destiny Thomas

July 27, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycling

Opinion: The Fraught History of Cops and Bikes

It's a fine idea to get NYPD officers out of their SUV cruisers, onto bikes and into the community — but recent events show that our militarized police have used bikes as an instrument of oppression.

Streetsblog

July 19, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycling

Time To Ditch Railroads’ Outdated Bike Policy

The pandemic provides the perfect opportunity to fix the cumbersome rules of the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North.

The Long Island Rail Road Today

July 16, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Car-Free Streets

Op-Ed: The Dangers of Privatizing Public Space

As the city opens streets for restaurants, we must ensure that businesses' interests do not crowd out public needs.

Nicole A. Murray

July 5, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |NYPD

Op-Ed: It’s Time to Legalize Public Drinking

Those with fair skin in affluent ZIP codes will continue to drink with their friends in the streets, while minorities will be subject to arbitrary harassment and summonses for doing the same. This needs to stop.

Shabazz Stuart

June 28, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Op/Ed

Op-Ed: Let People March In the Streets

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.