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In Case You Missed It: Watch Our ‘Right of Way’ Book Discussion With Angie Schmitt
On Wednesday evening, about 50 Streetsblog readers got together virtually for a discussion of Angie Schmitt's new book, "Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America."
January 15, 2021
Our Next Book Club Event Discusses ‘Right of Way’ with Angie Schmitt
Schmittâs book provides a detailed investigation into how pedestrian deaths have increased by 50 percent in the past decade, and how our nation's persistent patterns of racism and economic inequality play into this under-reported public health crisis.
December 7, 2020
Exploring Boston’s Unbuilt Highways
Imagine a version of greater Boston where ten-lane expressways slice through Cambridgeport and Jamaica Plain, a freeway trench has replaced the Muddy River parkland through the Fenway, and a ten-story-high stack of interchange ramps looms over Nubian Square.
June 12, 2020
From the Editor: We’re Starting A Book Club
People Before Highways documents anti-highway activist movements in the Boston region in the 1960s, when unlikely coalitions stopped freeway proposals that would have demolished beloved neighborhoods and caused disproportionate harm to communities of color.
May 14, 2020
