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Dr. Karilyn Crockett, the City of Boston's new Chief of Equity, at a press conference on June 29, 2020. Courtesy of the Ciy of Boston.

‘People Before Highways’ Author Picked to Head Boston’s New Equity Cabinet

By Christian MilNeil | Jun 30, 2020 | No Comments

Dr. Crockett joined StreetsblogMASS earlier this month to discuss her book, 'People Before Highways,' a chronicle of anti-highway activist movements in the Boston region in the 1960s.

Rep. Pressley, Sen. Markey Introduce Legislation to Fund Fare-Free Transit

By Christian MilNeil | Jun 26, 2020 | No Comments

The proposed legislation would authorize $5 billion a year to fund "Freedom to Move Grants" – a new competitive grant program to support free transit services.

A pedestrian detection system senses three white-presenting pedestrians in its path. Source: Virginia Department of Transportation, licensed under Creative Commons.

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Study: Self-Driving Cars Are Worse at Detecting Darker-Skinned Pedestrians

By Kea Wilson | Jun 18, 2020 | No Comments

Autonomous vehicles might not solve the already disproportionate pedestrian death toll faced by black communities.

Some of the organizations sponsoring a petition to the MBTA for the agency to acknowledge police brutality and prevent law enforcement from using the transit system to limit its riders' freedoms.

Broad Coalition Calls for Reduced Police Influence in MBTA Management

By Christian MilNeil | Jun 15, 2020 | No Comments

A large coalition of community groups, environmental organizations, and transit advocates are petitioning the MBTA to acknowledge the threats of police brutality and take steps to ensure that the region’s transit system will not be used as a tool for law enforcement. “Transit is a public good and necessity at all times. The T must […]

Boston Police Captain John Danilecki at a white supremacist rally in downtown Boston last summer. Photo courtesy of John O'Donnell (@ODonnell4NH) via Twitter.

Safe Streets Advocacy Groups Join Growing Movement to Cut Police Spending

By Christian MilNeil | Jun 10, 2020 | 1 Comment

In a letter sent yesterday to Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, three large advocacy groups for safer streets – the LivableStreets Alliance, Boston Cyclists Union, and WalkBoston – called on the City of Boston to remove the Boston Police Department (BPD) from the city’s Vision Zero Task Force, reduce the BPD’s annual budget, and “reallocate resources […]

MBTA buses carrying police wait near the Heath Street Green Line stop on the evening of Thursday, June 4, as peaceful protesters gathered nearby. Photo courtesy of Jessica Feldish.

Responding to Intense Criticism, T Will Stop Bussing Cops to Protests

By Christian MilNeil | Jun 5, 2020 | No Comments

In the past 24 hours, the agency had come under intense scrutiny from its workers, city officials, and its oversight board for using public transit vehicles as troop transports to peaceful protest sites around the city.

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