Manifesto Promotes ‘Ethics, Equity, and Empathy’
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A design firm publishes a new 'credo' for engineers, policymakers, and planners.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Quality of Life
Car-Free Zones Eyed in SF, Elsewhere
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A string of pedestrian injuries and deaths in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district has spurred city leaders to demand a ban on cars in some densely populated neighborhoods — the latest in a nascent and long-overdue move by activists nationwide to get reckless drivers off at least a tiny handful of city streets. San Francisco Supervisor […]
Five Ways Trump Is Wrong On California Emissions
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The Trump administration revoked a waiver allowing California to set higher automobile emissions standards than the federal government. It's a bad idea.
City Officials Seek To Mold the Future of Driverless Cars
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Using autonomous vehicles as a chance to shape streets for people.
Climate Change Fight Dies in Texas Oil Region
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An oil-rich region of West Texas is about to get more than half a billion dollars in highway funds so it can continue to pump more crude and frack natural gas — perpetuating a cycle that is causing the destruction of human civilization.
Transit Agency Cuts Service To Curb Homeless in Minneapolis
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Minneapolis's transit agency has started shutting down the city's only 24-hour rail line for two hours per night in a move designed to scatter the homeless, but one which has had an impact on working class riders who just want to get home.