Study: Parks in Non-White Neighborhoods Are Half As Large and 5x As Crowded
Decades of racist transportation policy have saturated non-white neighborhoods in heat-absorbing asphalt and shortchanged residents of those communities of greenspaces that might absorb all that heat — resulting in parks that are half the size as those in majority-white communities, a new study finds.
August 10, 2020
Building a Better “Faster Bay Area” w/ Angie Schmitt
A chat with Angie Schmitt, a past editor with Streetsblog USA and author of the upcoming book, "Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America"
August 4, 2020
Re-Imagine L.A. County Coalition Pushes for Shift in County Budget Process
Re-Imagine L.A. is pressing for a November ballot measure to dedicate 10% of the unrestricted county budget towards "community investment and alternatives to incarceration."
July 21, 2020
Building a Better “Faster Bay Area” w/ Jeffrey Buchanan
Policy Director of Working Partnerships discusses what can be done now to build a great ballot measure
July 21, 2020
SGV Connect 68: Homeless Outreach; Goodbye to an Original Metro Board Member
Damien interviews Shawn Morrissey and Teresa Eilers about how COVID-19 impacts outreach to people experiencing homelessnes. Kris interviews John Fasana, who will leave the Metro Board of Directors after 27 years this December.
July 14, 2020
Whittier Moves Forward on Homeless Navigation Center
A navigation center program is designed to support highly vulnerable and long-term homeless residents who are often fearful of accessing traditional shelters and services.
July 8, 2020
Building a Better Transit Tax Measure w/ Steven Higashide
It's also important to marry some of the resources that business groups can provide with organizing and leadership from groups that are led by people of color, groups that are organizing transit riders.
July 7, 2020
SF Muni Approves a Handful of Temporary Bus-Only Lanes
The transit lanes would be installed in late summer and striped only with white paint, “Bus/Taxi Only” stenciling and signage.
July 2, 2020
Defunding the Police: Berkeley Considers Shifting Traffic Enforcement to a New DOT
The legislation, entitled "BerkDOT: Reimagining Transportation for a Racially Just Future" creates a new city Department of Transportation that will be responsible for traffic stops, ticketing, and parking enforcement.
July 1, 2020
