Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about Equity

Streets Need to Be Safe for Black Lives

By Christian MilNeil | Jun 1, 2020 | No Comments

It’s been one week since Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, choked George Floyd to death in a Minneapolis street, and three months since a retired Georgia cop and his son gunned down Ahmaud Arbery on a quiet street in Georgia. Both killings were caught on videos that contain damning indictments not only of the […]

Poor and Black ‘Invisible Cyclists’ Need to be Part of Post-Pandemic Transport Planning Too

By Kea Wilson | May 28, 2020 | No Comments

Editor’s note: this article originally appeared on The Conversation and is republished here with permission. As states and workplaces prepare to open up after the lockdown, many people are looking for alternatives to public transit to get to work. The National Association of City Transport Officials reports an “explosion in cycling” in many U.S. cities. […]

Photo street mural and crosswalk at West 25th Avenue and Eliot Street in Denver

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Commentary: A City That Works for Everyone — Reflections on the Necessity of an Intersectional Urbanism

By Robin Mazumder | Feb 7, 2020 | No Comments

Robin Mazumder: When I speak out about urban issues, it is from my perspective as someone who experiences marginalization in some aspects of my identity as much as it is from my perspective as someone who has privilege.

There is Still Structural Racism in Transportation: Report

By Aaron Short | Dec 18, 2019 | No Comments

Cities must include community members in planning, hire more diverse staff, and stop displacing residents to combat generations of structural racism in our car-dependent society that has long favored suburban commuters in single-family homes over poorer communities riven by highways and pollution, a new report argues. Smart Growth America’s report, “The State of Transportation and […]

Kansas City Moves Ahead with Free Buses

By Aaron Short | Dec 9, 2019 | No Comments

The Missouri metropolis is set to provide free bus service for residents but state and local governments take more steps to ensure transit thrives in the region.

A parking-protected bike lane along Prospect Park West tamed the mean streets of New York so much that parents feel comfortable allowing their children there.

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Hidden Safety Problems Keep Denver Kids From Walking and Biking

By Wes Marshall, PhD, PE | Nov 26, 2019 | No Comments

In this guest post, Wes Marshall, a professor of civil engineering at the University of Colorado Denver, reveals Denver-based research showing that crash data hides places where kids want to walk and bike. Related papers show how to identify places where kids already are, and how to create safer streets where they want to go — […]

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