What ‘Abolish the Police’ Could Mean for Street Safety
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What does #defundthepolice really mean for road safety — in the broadest sense of that term?
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Equity
Study: Driverless Cars Bad at Detecting Dark Skin
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Driverless cars are worse at detecting darker skin pigments, meaning that autonomous vehicles might not solve the already disproportionate pedestrian death toll faced by black communities, according to a new study.
How to Address Anti-Black Racism in Urban Planning
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The Canadian Urban Institute recently held an online panel centered around the question of “How do we respond to anti-Black racism in urbanist practices and conversations?”
Study: Police Aren't Deterring Texting Drivers Much
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An over-focus on enforcement poses unconscionable dangers to black residents — and it doesn't even deter many dangerous drivers.
Getting Police out of 'Safe' Routes to School
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Black activists have long maintained that police presence is a barrier to the safe use of the streets for Black children. Now, a major national program is listening — and making big changes.
Maine Police Threaten Streetsblog Editor At His Home
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Police in Portland, ME are alleging that Streetsblog editor Christian MilNeil committed an act of vandalism against a police substation — but they did not disclose this when they harassed him at his home, and MilNeil says he is innocent.