Measuring the Success of COVID-19 Street Closures
| | No Comments
A new study shows that many "Slow Streets" and "Open Streets" programs launched in response to COVID-19 lockdowns were bigger successes than anyone realized.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Oakland
Interview: Oakland leader on Racial Equity And Mobility
| | No Comments
Warren Logan, policy director of mobility and interagency relations for the mayor’s office of Oakland, which in April became the first city to launch “Slow Streets,” has been at the forefront of the movement to create more space for safe, socially-distanced transportation and recreation during COVID-19. I first heard about Warren in an August 2019 […]
Equity, Open Streets and the Murder of Ahmaud Arbery
| | No Comments
For Black and Brown people to feel completely safe walking, biking, or just existing in public space, we need to make fundamental changes in the way our society is structured.
Talking Headways Podcast: How Oakland Got it So Right
| | No Comments
This week, we talk to a key official in Oakland, who explains how the city is creating the nation's biggest open-streets network practically overnight. Are you listening, Mayor de Blasio?
Streetsies 2019: And the Winners Are…
| | No Comments
Here are our annual awards for the best (and worst) people, projects and ideas of the year.
Why Are Cops Handcuffing Churro Vendors?
| | No Comments
Americans are waking up to the fact that police are unnecessarily harassing people of color for minor violations on public transit and demanding that cops back off.