Cyclists of Color Weighed in on CPD Bike Ticketing at the Wheels of Justice Ride
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The Chicago Critical Mass route ended by occupying the streets by the main police headquarters.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about equity
ACLU of Illinois Weighs in on the CPD’s Racially Skewed Bike Ticketing Policies
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An ACLU rep says it's doubtful that heavy-handed bike enforcement would be tolerated in majority-white neighborhoods.
Adonia Lugo: Bike Advocates Need to Stop Overlooking Issues of Race and Class
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Lugo's new book "Bicycle/Race" argues that bike planning discussions must take "human infrastructure" into account.
6 Principles for a Transit System That Makes Your City More Fair and Just
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Transit should be a great social equalizer. In many cities, however, transit's potential to advance economic fairness is held in check because resources are distributed inequitably.
Divvy Lowers Long-term Cost of D4E Memberships, Relaxes Membership Rules
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Now the membership cost goes up incrementally over four years, and people from various public aid programs are automatically eligible.
CPD: Police Are Using Bike Ticketing to Make Gun and Drug Arrests in Communities of Color
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A police rep had previously denied that bike citations were a pretense for stop-and-frisk.
Even With the New Dockless Pilot, Chicago Still Has Vast Bike-Share Deserts
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Combining the Divvy and DoBi zones on a map also shows which parts of the Far South Side got left out of the pilot, and how Divvy station density affects the usefulness of the system.
“I Can’t Go Everywhere that I Thought I Could Go”
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When Black and Brown cyclists need safety from more than traffic
CDOT Will Let Equiticity CEO Speak About Racially Biased Bike Ticketing at MBAC
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CEO Oboi Reed says the city officials promised to solve the problem but failed to do so.
A Look At Active Trans’ Transportation Platform for the 2018 Illinois Election
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The document calls for shifting the focus of planning and funding efforts from speeding car traffic to improving safety, health, sustainability, and equity.
Webinar on Policing and Mobility Underscores Struggle of Urban Planning to Center Justice
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There is no way forward without a genuine reckoning with the costs that structures empowered to hold blackness at bay continue to exact from people of color.