Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Equity

Source: Kate Ter Haar via Creative Commons.

VIDEO: How Car Dominance Makes Non-White Neighborhoods Hotter

By Kea Wilson | Aug 4, 2020 | No Comments

If you've ever noticed that disinvested, predominantly Black neighborhoods just *feel* hotter than the tree-lined blocks of predominantly white communities...well, it's not just your imagination.

What Is a Feminist City?

By Elizabeth Whitton | Aug 4, 2020 | No Comments

Leslie Kern’s “Feminist City” asks us to look around. Does our environment support the daily activities, care work, and needs of women? This recently published book intermixes Kern’s personal stories, real-world examples, and research to expose how our cities, neighborhoods, and transportation decisions make childcare, household activities, and safety challenging for women. “Feminist City” balances […]

"My own city of Berkeley, [pictured], renowned for its “progressive” values and liberal politics...has suppressed new housing of all kinds and now has an almost unsolvable problem of affordability and homelessness." Source: Joe Parks via Creative Commons.

Opinion: We Must Plan Racial Justice In Our Cities

By Dorothy Walker | Aug 3, 2020 | No Comments

The founding president of the American Planning Association stands against structural racism in the built environment professions.

Talking Headways Podcast: Valuing Black Lives and Property

By Jeff Wood | Jul 30, 2020 | No Comments

This week, we talk to an expert in Black wealth about why development and placemaking always leaves out the community. Obviously, just because a big company comes to town does not mean everyone will benefit.

5 Barriers BIPOC Face to Sustainable Transport Access

By Courtney Cobbs | Jul 29, 2020 | No Comments

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

How Massachusetts is Reforming Fare Enforcement

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 28, 2020 | No Comments

In addition authorizing debt spending for hundreds of infrastructure projects across the Commonwealth, the multi-billion dollar bond package that the Massachusetts Senate passed earlier this month would also make significant reforms to how the MBTA enforces fare payments on its trains, buses, and ferries. The Commonwealth’s current fare evasion law sets large penalties for people […]

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