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Why Do People With Disabilities Have to Sue To Get Accessible Sidewalks?

Philadelphia is the latest U.S. city to agree to make its sidewalks accessible to people who use assistive devices — though the win would be more significant if people with mobility challenges weren't so often forced to sue to get basic access to the places where they live.

Kea Wilson

November 17, 2022

Why Do People With Disabilities Have to Sue To Get Accessible Sidewalks?

Streetsblog USA |Highway Boondoggles

Highway Boondoggles, Part IV: Erie’s ‘Mistake by the Lake’

A proposed highway will make traffic worse ... and cut off the waterfront.

James Horrox

September 19, 2022

Streetsblog USA |Bikeshare

Pittsburgh Study: What If Your Every Mode Of Transit Was Free For A Year?

An innovative new pilot will give Pittsburgh residents free rides on all the shared transportation networks their city has to offer — and, possibly for the first time in the history of "universal basic mobility" pilots, they'll be able to access them all on a single platform.

Kea Wilson

August 30, 2022

Streetsblog USA |Bridges

Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse Underscores Urgent Need For Fix-It-First Policy

The collapse of a bridge in Pittsburgh is just a preview of potential disasters to come under the new infrastructure legislation, which continues to allow states to prioritize building new capacity for drivers over repairing existing stuff.

Kea Wilson

January 29, 2022