Inclusive transportation planning requires uplifting the voices of the marginalized
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Pursuing mobility justice requires relationship-building, political education, and centering those most marginalized in planning.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about equity
Black advocates call for expanding Chicago’s scooter program with a focus on equity
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Oboi Reed from Equiticity and L. Anton Seals Jr. from Grow Greater Englewood put out an advocacy statement in favor of scooters and launched on online petition drive.
Decolonizing our work: Why Untokening is so powerful for BIPOC transportation advocates
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Transportation and mobility justice work has the potential to play a big role in shifting things for the better if we are able to do it right.
As scooter pilot ends, Active Trans report calls for expanding it, with strings attached
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Go ahead and expand the program, Active Trans says, but require parking docks or corrals, and keep them out of downtown and off the Lakefront Trail.
What does mobility justice mean? Reflections on last weekend’s Untokening event
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Mobility justice for me is about expanding freedom for people to be able to move and live their lives joyfully and fearlessly.
City sticker amnesty program is first step to reforming Chicago’s regressive ticketing system
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Even sustainable transportation advocates should acknowledge that reforming Chicago's motorist ticketing system, which disproportionately impacts Black and Brown residents, is a good thing.
Decrease in police targeting of Black cyclists is encouraging, but there’s still work to do
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The total number of tickets written city wide has dropped almost 50 percent since 2016, according to a new Chicago Tribune report. But Black neighborhoods still see more than 50 percent of the citations.
Frequent and affordable Metra service would improve quality of life on the South Side
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Fighting between transit agencies will continue to hurt Black and low-income South Siders the most.
Don’t let competition between agencies and politicians block better South Side transit
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Chicago mayor Lightfoot said she's against a proposal by Cook County, backed by her old rival Toni Preckwinkle, that would lower Metra fares and increase service, on the grounds that it would hurt the CTA.
Chicago unveils its West Side Vision Zero Traffic Safety Plan
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The city says the program addresses traffic safety as a public health and equity issue. Mobility justice advocate Oboi Reed says he still wants assurance that it won't lead to increased police enforcement.
The joy and power of bike culture in POC music and art
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If we can reflect diverse cultural backgrounds and experiences in biking through language, art, and music, we can open the doors for more people to be part of biking culture.