What Does This Delivery Worker Think About Mayor de Blasio’s E-Bike Crackdown?
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Worker activist Jinhua Li explains it all to us.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Equity
How Structural Racism at Regional Planning Agencies Hurts Cities
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There's an obscure intraregional battle happening in the Cleveland area right now that highlights an important source of racial discrimination in urban planning.
De Blasio’s Wrong: Poor New Yorkers Stand to Gain a Lot From Congestion Pricing
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Hundreds of thousands of low-income New Yorkers stand to benefit from new transit funding, compared to just 5,000 who might pay tolls to car commute under the Move NY plan.
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.
Christina Greer: Let’s Get Creative About Solving NYC’s Transit Affordability Crisis
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The NYC transit system is what connects residents to their city, but for many low-income New Yorkers, it simply costs too much to ride. Fordham political science professor Christina Greer thinks policy makers can help address that -- if they're willing to get creative.
When People Can’t Afford Transit, New York City Pays for It — One Way or Another
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MTA Board Member David Jones talks transit affordability: "The only group that really isn’t getting any help seems to be the working poor."