Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Racial Equity

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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Stats Show Blacks and Indigenous People Suffer Disproportionate Road Deaths

By Kea Wilson | Jun 27, 2021 | No Comments

The U.S. is still failing to make meaningful progress to end the decades-long racial disparity in fatal car crash rates across modes, a new study finds — and things got worse during the pandemic.

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STUDY: Bike Lanes Don't Cause Displacement (In Fact, It May be The Other Way Around)

By Kea Wilson | Jun 21, 2021 | No Comments

The installation of new protected infrastructure for bicyclists is not associated with the displacement of people of color or of low-income urban residents, a new study reveals.

Deliveristas rally at City Hall Park for a package of City Hall bills that would regulate delivery apps. Photo: Dave Colon

RELIEF! Council Bill Would Let Delivery Riders Use Restaurant Bathrooms...

By Dave Colon | Apr 28, 2021 | No Comments

The City Council is stepping in to make sure that the city's delivery riders can use the bathrooms at restaurants when they pick up food orders through third-party apps.

Pissing contest: Ken Coughlin, who presented the resolution, is second from left on the top row.

Supposedly Progressive Upper West Side Offers No Relief to Deliveristas

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 26, 2021 | No Comments

Community board members to bike delivery workers: Piss off!

Street vendors want New York's next mayor to recognize their contribution to the city's economy. Photo: SVP

OPINION: What Street Vendors Want From the Next Mayor

By Street Vendor Project | Apr 19, 2021 | No Comments

The Yang dust-up was only the latest in a long saga of slights. Here are the policies these small businesses demand.

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