Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Equity

How Can Sustainable Transportation Advocates Help End Poverty? An Interview with Matthew Desmond

By Streetsblog | Apr 25, 2023 | No Comments

One in nine Americans live in poverty, and millions more live in a precarious place somewhere between precarity and true security. A new book argues that we can all play a role in challenging the systems and individual choices that "keep poor people poor" for benefit for everyone else.

A Black man wearing shorts and a t-shirt rides a chopper bicycle past a mural with flowers that says "Black Lives Matter"

Worcester Film Screening to Discuss the Realities of ‘Biking While Black’

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 24, 2023 | No Comments

"When there's a disenfranchised community with unsafe streets – how can you tell a kid to go out and ride a bike when they could be killed?" asks filmmaker Yolanda Davis-Overstreet. "The wellness and the joy that bicycling brings, it’s missing for so many households."

A bus rider pays their fare with their phone during a test of the T's new fare system on an MBTA bus in downtown Boston in January 2021.

The T’s ‘Fare Transformation’ Project Is Transforming Into A Boondoggle

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 28, 2023 | No Comments

“There are a thousand things that need to fixed and the fare collection system is not one of them.”

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Bike/Walk Laws ‘Arrest’ the Mobility of Black Americans: Study

By Kea Wilson | Mar 28, 2023 | No Comments

Black pedestrians, bicyclists and micromobility users are subjected to a far wider array of dangerous laws than many sustainable transportation advocates may realize, a new report finds — and repealing them alone is not enough to guarantee them the freedom of mobility they need and deserve.

They’ve Been Warned: Attorney General Says Suburbs ‘Must Comply’ With Transit-Oriented Housing Law

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 17, 2023 | No Comments

“The Law requires that MBTA Communities ‘shall have’ a compliant zoning district and does not provide any mechanism by which a town or city may opt out of this requirement,” according to the Attorney General.

A view of a downtown street lined withparked cars and historic 3-story brick buildings with a highway overpass crossing over the street in the middle distance. In the background are green hills below a blue sky.

Boston, North Adams Win Federal Funds to Heal Highway Blight

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 1, 2023 | No Comments

The USDOT awarded over $2 million to the cities of Boston and North Adams to address the blight and pollution of I-90 and Route 2, respectively.

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