Equity
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Opinion: Whose Child Will Be Killed on a Stroad?
We can’t keep using the places that poor people live in as highways for wealthier people to move through quickly.
October 23, 2022
Civil Rights Group Calls on High Court to Protect Cyclists’ Constitutional Rights
The New York Civil Liberties Union wants cyclists to be treated like drivers — meaning a higher standard for search and seizure.
October 17, 2022
STREETFILMS: A Great Day in Harlem as Neighborhood Comes Out for Fun, Safety
Scores of riders joined Transportation Alternatives on Saturday's tour of Harlem — and called once again for a bikeway through a neighborhood long neglected for safe cycling infrastructure by city officials.
October 16, 2022
Harlem Environmental Justice Group Blasts Developer for Truck Depot
Members of the Harlem community are decrying a developer's plan to build a controversial truck depot, warning that the decision to put profit over people’s health will send more pollution-spewing big rigs into the low-income community of color and worsen the environmental injustice already borne by the neighborhood.
October 14, 2022
Hey, NYC — Boston Has Incentives for E-Bike Purchases
Beantown Mayor Michelle Wu is using American Rescue Plan money to help older adults and people with disabilities get electric mobility. We don't do that.
October 13, 2022
Capital Idea: D.C. May Soon Give Out $100 Per Month For Transit
What if the city government automatically put $100 on your OMNY card? Washington, D.C. is thinking about it.
October 4, 2022
Environmental Justice Advocates Seek to Regulate ‘Last-Mile’ Trucking Facilities
The city's outdated zoning code must be amended to give regulators the teeth they need to rein in “last-mile” distribution facilities that are popping up in low-income communities of color, environmental justice groups said as they filed a zoning proposal.
September 8, 2022
OPINION: The Real ‘Cash Grab’ Isn’t Congestion Pricing — It’s Car Culture
It pays to remember who profits as complainants line up on central business district tolling.
September 7, 2022
NY Lawmakers Want To Bring E-Bikes To The People
In June, just before the end of the legislative session, the state Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill providing consumers up to $1,100 when they buy an e-bike. It’s a more generous subsidy than the one Congress dropped.
August 30, 2022
Rep. Ritchie Torres: I’m Not One of Those Congestion Pricing Critics
He's got some minor issues with the tolling plan, but he still supports it — not like Malliotakis or Gottheimer!
August 16, 2022
