Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Racism

A PDS senses three white-presenting pedestrians in its path. Source: Virginia Department of Transportation via Creative Commons.

Study: Driverless Cars Bad at Detecting Dark Skin

By Kea Wilson | Jun 17, 2020 | No Comments

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.

Source: U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Spencer Slocum via Creative Commons

Trump Order Will Pollute Black Communities

By Kea Wilson | Jun 8, 2020 | No Comments

By dismantling key environmental protections, Trump is empowering cities to build highways through black neighborhoods — a heinous form of environmental racism that has killed countless Americans.

Equity, Open Streets and the Murder of Ahmaud Arbery

By Courtney Cobbs | May 11, 2020 | 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.

Car Pollution Makes Us More Vulnerable to COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | Apr 20, 2020 | No Comments

COVID-19 is a killer. But it has an accomplice: car culture.

The Untokening (above, members in Atlanta) seeks to engage in engage in candid discussions about street safety, displacement / gentrification, community engagement and culture. Photo: Argenis Apolinario

Op-Ed: Mobility Justice Amid COVID-19

By The Untokening | Apr 15, 2020 | No Comments

Collectivism is the only way we will survive this moment. A manifesto from the Untokening network.

Bike Easy celebrates a tactical urbanism "small win" — a protected bike lane on Marconi Drive in New Orleans. Photo: Bike Easy

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There is Structural Racism in Transport: Report

By Aaron Short | Dec 18, 2019 | No Comments

Smart Growth America: include community members in planning, hire more diverse staff, and stop displacing residents to combat generations of structural racism

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