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How ‘Community Mobility Rituals’ Can Transform Neighborhoods
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On this episode, host Kea Wilson sits down with Olatunji Oboi Reed of Equiticity to talk about "community mobility rituals," or regular, free, hyper-local events that dismantle barriers to sustainable transportation and build the social infrastructure that neighborhoods need.
More States — and the Feds — Are Getting into Zoning Reform for Sustainable Transport
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New efforts by federal and state authorities to encourage the construction of housing in walkable and transit-rich communities suggests that many cities' best chance at progressive zoning reform will come from the top down, rather than the grass roots.
‘ALWAYS SCARED’: Dangerous Streets Outside City Schools Threaten Children
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A six-month Streetsblog investigation found that streets near schools are uniquely dangerous, with rates of crashes and injuries that exceed city averages — particularly near schools where most students are poor or children of color.
2 cyclists were killed near Milwaukee/Kilbourn bridge. Let’s rebuild it to make it safer.
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Engineer Philip Santos notes that upgrading the area below the bridge would be more expensive and challenging, but well worth the trouble. “There have been two fatalities here. If you’re going to fix a bridge, do it right.”
Lucy Gonzalez Parsons Apartments affordable TOD: an experiment in re-integration
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As I’ve said before, if housing affordability in Chicago’s swiftly gentrifying Logan Square neighborhood is like a sinking ship, the new all-affordable transit-oriented development that opened next to the eponymous Blue Line station last Friday is like a lifeboat. It provides low-income and working-class longtime with an opportunity to weather the storm. Streetsblog Chicago strongly […]
We Need More — And Better — E-Bike Incentive Programs Across America
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Nonetheless, e-bike incentives still aren't an easy sell among the groups that are best poised to create them.