Op-Ed: Fordham Road is the Busway We Need Next
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In the city's third-largest shopping district, buses crawl, drivers kill and fumes endanger people and the environment. Time for a new busway.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Environmental Justice
Council Speaker Johnson Joins Calls for Knocking Down the BQE
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Other cities have done it — and broken the car culture at the same time — so the possible future mayor says we should dream, too.
City Council Votes to Reduce Garbage Truck Traffic in North Brooklyn, Southeast Queens, and the South Bronx
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The City Council voted 32-13 today to reduce trash processing in North Brooklyn, southeast Queens, and the South Bronx, relieving the disproportionate burden of garbage truck traffic on those neighborhoods.
There’s a Big Fight Brewing in the City Council Over Trash Carting Reforms
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The council votes tomorrow on a bill to distribute garbage truck traffic more fairly. A more contentious battle over the private trash carting industry looms ahead.
The Persistent Racial Disparities of Motor Vehicle Pollution
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While tailpipe emissions have been lowered across the board, racial disparities persist in exposure to fine particles from motor vehicles.
Private Trash Haulers Pollute Low-Income NYC Neighborhoods of Color
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With the city preparing reforms for the commercial waste carting industry, the Transform Don’t Trash NYC Coalition of labor and environmental justice groups released a report today calling attention to how private trash trucks disproportionately harm air quality in a few specific low-income communities of color [PDF]. The report, “Clearing the Air,” shows the high concentration of asthma-inducing pollutants at truck-heavy areas in the South Bronx […]