Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Racial Equity

What’s In the US DOT ‘Equity Action Plan’ — And What’s Missing

By Kea Wilson | Apr 24, 2022 | No Comments

A new federal action plan to advance "equity" in transportation includes concrete commitments to reform a transportation network that too often disenfranchises marginalized people — but it doesn't go far enough, some say.

Report: 88 Percent of Drivers Arrested for Not Having a License Last Year Were People of Color

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 31, 2022 | No Comments

And every single person arrested for "loitering" last year was Black. "It’s called serving the public," says NYPD spokesman John Miller.

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GOP to Biden: Don’t Force Progressive Politics on Highway Projects

By Eve Kessler | Jan 21, 2022 | No Comments

Republican governors banded together to thwart the federal government's push to use the new $1.2-trillion infrastructure package to promote progress on climate change, jobs and racial justice.

Eric Adams had a lot to say on Thursday in Williamsburg. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Eric Adams at the Oonee Launch: I Will Stop ‘The Culture of Can’t’ in this City

By Streetsblog | Nov 18, 2021 | No Comments

Who is Eric Adams? Let's listen in.

DOT sent over this photo of the Cross Bronx today, and we added headshots of Chuck Schumer, Ritchie Torres and Hank Gutman.

Boogie Down Biden: Pols, City DOT Hail Fed Funds for Capping the Cross Bronx Expressway

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 9, 2021 | No Comments

Sen. Chuck Schumer, Rep. Ritchie Torres and DOT Commissioner Hank Gutman hailed the $1.2-trillion federal infrastructure bill for creating a $1-billion "Reconnecting Communities" pilot to "study ... removing, retro-fitting, or mitigating" highways that hurt "community connectivity, mobility, access, or economic development."

States Must Reduce Police and Traffic Enforcement Bias: Report

By Fiifi Frimpong | Aug 9, 2021 | No Comments

"[The report] helps us ... address a lot of problems with law enforcement in this country,” said Russ Martin, the spokesman for the Governors Highway Safety Association, which undertook its review after the killing of George Floyd.

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