MAPPING AMERICA’S ACTIVITY CENTERS: THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF PROSPEROUS, EQUITABLE, AND SUSTAINABLE REGIONS
The Right to Mobility | Planetizen Features
As we consider how to decarbonize transportation, preserving mobility, especially for lower- and middle-income people, must be a priority.
‘Entrenched car culture’ leaves millions of Britons in transport poverty
Study finds drivers spending up to a fifth of pre-tax income on running a car as lack of infrastructure deters people from cycling
Are shared vehicles shared by all?
Highlights from a new journal article on shared mobility and equity.
Parking Ticket Equity Study
Ditch Cars for Open – and Equal – Streets | Healthiest Communities Health News | US News
Race, Class and Traffic Deaths
A surge in vehicle crashes is disproportionately harming lower-income families and Black Americans.
Detroit wins grant to remove interstate that wrecked a Black community
The Biden administration announced a $105 million grant Thursday for Michigan to remove a Detroit highway that leveled a Black community half a century ago.
Parking Fee Hike Will Fund Low-Income Transit Rides
It’s Not Equitable to Protect Cars on Summit Avenue
A recent editorial argued that bike advocates left out the marginalized in their advocacy for new bike infrastructure on Summit Avenue. What if we applied that analysis to cars?
Do Highways Frustrate Mobility? | Planetizen Blogs
One common argument for highways is that even if they fail to reduce congestion, they allow people to go more places. This claim overlooks the effects of highways on development patterns.
Opinion | Mr. Biden, Tear Down This Highway
If urban highways enforce racial barriers between neighborhoods, why do officials keep spending so much to expand them?
Center for Neighborhood Technologies
16 online calculators for housing, transit, social justice, etc.
Rethinking Parking Policy to Achieve Equitable Transit-Oriented Development
What if cities and communities rethought parking policy and designed it not only to serve transportation goals but also equity goals? Leading with equity creates better transportation options for all. It also opens up new ways of looking at traditional problems and solutions. This includes the commo
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State, local governments increasingly turn to zoning reforms » Yale Climate Connections
State and local governments are rethinking land use policy to cut emissions and improve social outcomes.
UCLA study offers strategy for freeway congestion pricing that reduces burden on low-income residents
Research suggests the most promising solution would be to provide direct cash assistance.
Vancouver city council scraps controversial Climate Emergency Parking Program | CBC News
Vancouver city council failed to pass a new Climate Emergency Parking Program designed to raise revenue to fight climate change, with 6 votes against the plan and 5 in support of it.
Portland leaders unanimous in support of plan for new transportation fees - BikePortland.org
The free ride for car, truck and delivery drivers in Portland isn’t over, but the end has never been easier to see. At City Council Wednesday, Mayor Ted Wheeler and Read More »
D.C. parking, traffic tickets snowball into financial hardships
Traffic and parking tickets are issued more often in Black neighborhoods than White ones, according to data from D.C. analyzed by The Washington Post. Advocates for changing the District’s system of fees and fines say the disparities show that the city’s ticketing and traffic enforcement policies not only target Black drivers but criminalize poverty.
What To Know Before You Judge Someone For Using A Disability Accessible Parking Spot
"I saw a police officer standing next to my car.... [He] mentioned someone called the police when they saw me get out of my car with my family."
Electric vehicles are the future for everyone — except disabled people
Where are the accessible EVs?
New Canal District parking plan includes benefits for residents
The plan outlines free on-street parking from 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. within the neighborhood.
Parking Meter Rules to Change for Those With Disability Placards, License Plates | Hawai'i Public Radio
Changes are coming for those with handicap placards and license plates, but a new permit will exempt certain people from paying for metered parking.
How to rebuild neighborhoods? Start with equitable transit.
Elevated Chicago is partnering with the office of Mayor Lightfoot to change the obsolete rules that govern development near transit in Chicago.
No handicapped parking outside houses in La Crosse, an unwritten rule
They say no to everybody. That’s the answer a La Crosse woman got from City Hall when she asked to have a special handicapped parking space reserved outside her house, and was turned down. Eileen Kennedy tells the La Crosse board of public works this week that she would like a handicapped space designated outside […]
Driving, er, running advocates mourn the start of metered parking at Montrose Harbor – Streetsblog Chicago
Despite the backlash from those who argued that free, super-convenient parking is a social justice issue, the city installed the pay-and-display boxes, and the meters were activated this morning.
I-Team discovers Metro employees parking for free with invalid disabled parking placards
Would;t it be nice to park your car for free? That's something many of us think of when we roll up to a parking meter in the DMV. Well, some Metro employees in Montgomery County have figured out a way to get free parking, and they're using invalid disabled parking placards to do it. That's what the 7News I-Team uncovered after a two-month investigation looking at Metro workers who park outside a bus garage in Bethesda, Maryland. WMATA bus garage.
'Kicking you when you're down': Many cancer patients pay dearly for parking
Parking at some prestigious cancer centers can run into hundreds of dollars. The overlooked cost is finally drawing scrutiny from hospital administrators.
The Hidden Impacts of Vehicle Parking and Parking Policy
A new study from Move Minnesota breaks down parking's impact on our climate, housing, racial justice, and the local economy. What would it look like to turn that research into action?