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What will it take for Chicago’s traffic safety to course correct?
2022 saw a higher number of cyclist and pedestrian deaths than previous years. Chicago has still failed to take substantive action on traffic safety. What will it take?
November 17, 2022
How should we respond to the UIC and ProPublica reports on Chicago traffic cameras?
There's no question that the cams are preventing injury and fatality crashes, but Black and Latino motorists and racking up more tickets and suffering financing hardship. Should we reform or abolish it.
January 14, 2022
Why the history of racism in transportation enforcement and planning still matters today
Mobility justice advocates discussed how the past must inform efforts to address present-day transportation inequities.
December 14, 2020
Should we rename Lake Shore Drive for Chicago founder Jean Baptiste Point du Sable?
During a time of increased calls for racial reckoning, renaming Chicago's famous shoreline highway for our city's overlooked Black founder would be a powerful statement.
December 10, 2020
What’s needed to address anti-Black racism in urban planning?
The Canadian Urban Institute recently held an online panel centered around the question of “How do we respond to anti-Black racism in urbanist practices and conversations?”
June 14, 2020
Transportation planners and advocates: What legacy will you leave for racial justice?
I hope that you make choices today that you will be proud to stand by later in the quest for a more just society.
June 5, 2020