OPINION: Stop the Shameful Treatment of Deliveristas
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These largely immigrant strivers occupy a crucial economic niche. They deserve safety, fairness, dignity and recognition.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Equity
New York EV Rebates Mostly Benefit Wealthy
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Are we encouraging the switch to electric cars — or just encouraging the rich to switch to electric cars?
Guest Column: Electric Cars Won’t Save Us
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To meet its climate goals, Massachusetts will need to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles from the state’s roadways within the next 25 years. But the Commonwealth’s new decarbonization roadmap aims to accomplish this not with improvements to transit and safer streets, but with widespread subsidies for new electric vehicles. Massachusetts is home to many of the world’s […]
Bike-Share Equity in the Time of Coronavirus
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How did bike-share companies' COVID-19 response impact access to their cycles and bike-share equity?
BIPOC and Disability Advocates Zero In on Highway Spending
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Reprinted with permission from “The Urbanist.” On March 9, advocacy organizations Front and Centered and Disability Rights Washington held the first of a series of press conferences calling for Washington State legislators to halt spending on new highways. Instead, the coalition urges lawmakers to prioritize investments in building missing sidewalks and creating reliable transit and paratransit systems to serve all […]
EV Rebates Overwhelmingly Benefit Wealthy Suburbanites
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The Baker administration has spent $14 million to subsidize purchases of new Teslas, whose products are all categorized as "luxury" cars.