In Their Own Words: Black New Yorkers Talk About Their Fear in Public Space
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“We don’t need you to take a knee with us,” City Council Member Donovan Richards of Queens said. “We need you to take your knee off our necks.”
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Streets Need to Be Safe for Black Lives, Too
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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
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Editor’s note: this article originally appeared on The Conversation and is republished here with permission from the author. 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 […]
Boston Cyclists Union to Offer Deeply Subsidized Bluebikes Passes
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The Boston Cyclists Union, with financial support from Boston's Wagner Foundation, will offer limited-income applicants annual Bluebikes passes for just $5 – a 95 percent discount from the typical price of an annual pass.
MBTA Takes Small Steps to Improve Fare Equity
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The MBTA’s governing board approved some small but significant changes in the agency’s fare policies at a meeting last week to improve fare equity for minority and low-income riders. For years, in order to encourage use of reusable CharlieCards, the MBTA has charged higher prices for riders paying with cash or with the paper “CharlieTickets” […]
Plans for Boston’s ‘Healthy Streets’ Initiative Expected Later This Week
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On Tuesday, the City of Boston briefly published a new website with tentative plans for its “healthy streets” initiative, which would make tactical changes to city streets to provide more room for safe physical distancing among pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit riders. City officials had discussed the overall strategy at a City Council hearing earlier this […]