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5 Barriers to Sustainable Transport Access For West Side Chicagoans

We must look at all the factors that are preventing people from using more sustainable modes of travel and work to address those issues.

Courtney Cobbs

July 29, 2020

5 Barriers to Sustainable Transport Access For West Side Chicagoans

Streetsblog NYC |City Council

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

Streetsblog NYC |Car-Free Streets

NYC ‘Open Streets’ Are In Wealthier Neighborhoods

Mayor de Blasio’s Open Streets program — meant to give New Yorkers socially distanced recreation space during the COVID-19 crisis — caters to the rich, a Streetsblog analysis shows.

Julianne Cuba

July 27, 2020

Streetsblog Chicago |Driving

Car Impound Fee Reform is a Mobility Justice Issue

The new ordinance ends impoundment for non-moving violations, reduces fines, caps storage fees, and provides a pathway for Chicagoans to pay their debts and get their vehicles back.

John Greenfield

July 23, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycle Infrastructure

City Contracts Hold a Key to the Next Black Renaissance

The status quo is profoundly damaging to our city.

Shabazz Stuart

July 22, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Buses

NYC Riders Return To Buses — But Speeds Are Dropping

Riders are getting back on the bus, but speeds are also dropping to pre-pandemic levels because of an increase in both riders and traffic, new MTA data show.

Dave Colon

July 21, 2020

Streetsblog Chicago |Promoted

Do More People Need Demand-Responsive Transit?

A recent study by UIC’s Urban Transportation Center looked at how those networks work in practice.

Igor Studenkov

July 21, 2020

Streetsblog Chicago |Bicycling

Cops Seize Protesters’ Bikes in Chicago

"We are not there to cause trouble," said a bike marshal. "We are there to stand as a barrier to protect our community members. It is a great message of unity.”

Ariel Parrella-Aureli

July 20, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Car-Free Streets

NYC ‘Cool Streets’ Program Marred By Danger: Cars

The city's “Cool Streets” program — which launched Monday with just 16 blocks as car-free play streets with open fire hydrants for kids — is functionally useless.

Adam Light

July 20, 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

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