Equity
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Op-Ed: Pro-Development Message Downplays Gentrification Threat
Streetsblog has become the go-to place for a raging debate about housing policy!
October 1, 2019
STREETSBLOG INTERVIEW: New TA Leader Has Optimism and Vision — But Understands Your Rage
Streetsblog chats with the new leader of the city's most important livable streets activist group about his vision and approach to running Transportation Alternatives.
July 30, 2019
So How Equitable is the Citi Bike Expansion? Actually, It’s Not Bad!
Streetsblog examines the equity of Citi Bike's slow expansion to The Bronx, Upper Manhattan and more parts of Brooklyn and Queens.
July 24, 2019
Cy Vance’s Tale of Two Cities: Bus Fare Evaders Go To Court; Subway Scofflaws Go Free
Despite a headline-grabbing vow to stop prosecuting fare evasion, Manhattan DA Cy Vance will still throw the book at you for getting on the bus without paying.
July 23, 2019
Here’s One Way to Fix Citi Bike So It Doesn’t Only Serve Rich People Who Already Live Near Subways
Citi Bike serves mostly rich white people. All you need to do is look at the coverage map to see that. So where should it expand next to change that dynamic?
July 10, 2019
New York is Really Awesome When the Rich People Leave and Take their Cars on Vacation
Car owners are an entitled, selfish class of moochers — and it's time to stop catering to them by worrying about where they park their cars.
July 5, 2019
Scott Stringer Calls for ‘Justice’ For E-Bike-Riding Delivery Workers
Scott Stringer on the mayor's e-bike crackdown? "Simply put, it makes no sense."
June 12, 2019
‘Fairest City’ Mayor Orders More Crackdowns on Lowly E-Cyclists
Mayor de Blasio, who is running for president on a progressive platform that bills New York as "America's Fairest Big City," deployed the NYPD on Tuesday morning to confiscate the electric bikes of delivery workers — costing them roughly one-week's pay in fines.
June 4, 2019
Komanoff: Times Exposé Understated the Damage to Yellow Cab Industry by Uber and Lyft
The New York Times's exhaustive series about the horrifying financial plight of yellow taxicab drivers may actually have understated the fiscal crisis — and, in doing so, let Uber and Lyft off the hook, a cab industry expert told Streetsblog.
May 30, 2019
Life on the Street: Delivery Worker Eduardo Perez Has No Use For de Blasio’s E-Bike Crackdown
For too long, delivery workers who ride e-bikes have been demonized. But hearing their stories makes it clear that New York City is definitely not the "fairest big city in America," as Mayor de Blasio claims.
May 7, 2019
