Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America
This is the book to read right now on how failures of public space design and car design come head to head with economic failures that result in the epidemic of pedestrian deaths in the US. We seem to be the only developed country that lives with this as a normal occurrence.
Vox and ProPublica examine racial profiling in Jacksonville, FL
This is some real BS man. Makes me so angry that cops just have free reign to do whatever the hell they want.
33rd Street turned into pedestrian plaza
I try to avoid the Penn Station area at all costs so I guess in my attempt to never go to that area, I somehow missed the great addition of a pedestrian plaza on what was formerly 33rd Street! Look at this! There's seating, expanded walkways, vendors, umbrellas, and all sorts of pedestrian goodies that make getting out of Penn Station just a little better.