Jacksonville’s “Jaywalking” Enforcement Is Very, Very Racist
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A bombshell new report from ProPublica and the Florida Times-Union examines Jacksonville's profoundly broken and racially biased pedestrian enforcement.
Recent Streetsblog TEXAS posts about pedestrian safety
The People Left Behind By Car-Centric Planning
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A kid walking to school is an afterthought, or worse, an inconvenience in a system that aspires to scientific efficiency in moving cars.
The Campaign to Fix Atlanta’s Most Dangerous Street and Preserve Its Immigrant Cultures
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Can Buford Highway, the most dangerous road in Georgia, become a walkable place for the immigrant communities that call it home?
Honolulu’s Pedestrian-Blaming Law Sets Off a Round of Copycats
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Instead of reforming our transportation and land use policies to make walking safer, American cities are doubling down on a dysfunctional system by blaming pedestrians for their own deaths.
A Truck Driver Struck Three Black People Walking in Ville Platte, Louisiana. Police Charged the Victims.
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A truck driver struck and injured three young black men walking in Ville Platte, Louisiana, on Tuesday, and the local authorities only want to penalize the victims. Police charged the three men who were struck, filing misdemeanors for not wearing reflective clothing and "obstructing a public passage."
Self-Driving Cars Should Accommodate People, Not the Other Way Around
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You think victim-blaming is bad now? Making everyone walk or bike with a "don't hit me" device would further penalize the most vulnerable.