!["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.](https://usa.preprod-streetsblog.alley.ws/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Berkeley-sunset.jpg?w=360)
Opinion: We Must Plan Racial Justice In Our Cities
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The founding president of the American Planning Association stands against structural racism in the built environment professions.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Racial Equity
DESTINY THOMAS: Urbanism is Complicit in Racism
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Municipal placemaking has long been an active effort to displace and erase Black people — and it is time to begin a process for atonement, says Destiny Thomas in an exclusive op-ed for Streetsblog.
Five Ways To Repurpose Parking Lots During COVID-19
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If there's one thing America definitely doesn't need any more of, it's parking lots — and during COVID-19, communities across the U.S. are seizing that under-utilized asphalt for pandemic-safe and equitable ways.
Washington Gives Lanes Back to People on State Roads
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A state DOT program will expand city leaders' toolboxes for delivering residents changes they actually want.
Creating ‘Protest Streets’ Won’t Work Because of Cops
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Can good street design really "protect" protesters — and the right to protest itself — from police brutality? No.
Can Tactical Urbanism Be a Tool for Equity?
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The creators of "tactical urbanism" sit down with Streetsblog to talk about where their quick-build methods are going in a historic moment that is finally centering real community engagement.