Using data & remastered historic photos to document the destruction of communities of color by redlining, urban renewal, & freeways. Also potential solutions.
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Great article from @TahraHoops and @ProgressChamber about how the @MTA was able to save $3 billion since 2020 by investing in state capacity therebuild.pub/p/how-the-mta…
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What's the future of Penn Station & commuter rail in greater NY?
Join us next Tue, 7/14@5:30PM for @bradhoylman's forum on through-running, the international standard for regional rail!
ETA's Blair Lorenzo will join Polly Trottenberg & Tom Wright to discuss our transit future.
ALT Could “through-running" help un-clog Penn Station? Penn Station is the busiest rail station in the Western Hemisphere, serving Amtrak, NJ TRANSIT, and the LIRR across 21 tracks. With a master developer selected for the redesign of Penn Station, the idea of through-running is receiving increased attention, which would allow commuter travel through Penn Station, instead of having trains begin or end their trips there. Could through-running increase capacity at Penn Station or improve service? What investments and operational changes would it require? What are the potential benefits, challenges, and tradeoffs for riders and the region? Join B.P. Brad Hoylman-Sigal as he moderates a discussion with: Blair Lorenzo (Executive Director of the Effective Transit Alliance) Polly Trottenberg (Dean of NYU Wagner and former Deputy Secretary of Transportation) . Tom Wright (President and CEO of the Regional Plan Association) Opening remarks from Andy Byford (Special Advisor to Amtrak). When: Tuesday
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Highways were built through our communities, dividing neighborhoods, harming public health and our environment. It’s part of our lives, but it doesn’t have to be this way forever.
In this new series, I’ll cover the history, impact, and what we can do across SD-15 and Texas.
Segregation_by_Design retweeted
Dallas, TX, before-and-after construction of highways. Work of @SegByDesign
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Our cities weren't built for the car.
They were actively destroyed for it.
🍿 Come and join the screening of a documentary by @SegByDesign about the tremendous effort to build the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
🎞️: Dec 8th, 17:30
📍: Berlagezalen, @tudelft
🫰: 🆓
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Segregation_by_Design retweeted
It's not just the highways and "Urban Renewal" projects decimating cities, but the large, consolidated blocks that sap the life out of neighborhoods.
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EDGI and our collaborators at Public Environmental Data Partners are ensuring federal data is backed up, including the CDC's Social Vulnerability Index and Environmental Justice Index.
theverge.com/news/604484/don…
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#30DayMapChallenge Day 21 — Conflict
Today’s highlight, inspired by the ongoing analysis of urban inequality in US cities by Adam Susaneck of @SegByDesign, was built by Mapboxer James Piacentini. This map shows the overlap of areas of “urban renewal” and public housing in New York City with historic redlining maps produced by the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC).
Explore the map style here: labs.mapbox.com/map-design-d…
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I voted by mail – it was easy and a great excuse to say hi to some neighbors. If you're voting by mail like me, get your ballot in the mail right away. No matter how you vote, make sure you have a plan and get it done: IWillVote.com/Obama
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The Mexican-American community of Palo Verde, before-and-after the government forcibly evicted residents and demolished the neighborhood in the 1950s. The site was then used to build Dodger Stadium—more precisely: the Dodger Stadium parking lot.
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“It’s the largest competitive grant #Montgomery has ever received... The grant will enable Montgomery to make significant strides in rectifying past wrongs.” -@CityofMGM Mayor @stevenlouisreed on the $36m Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Initiative (RCN) federal grant.
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TxDOT’s planned expansion of I-35 will demolish local homes & businesses, compounding on a historical legacy of eminent domain & property takings. Watch the full video: youtu.be/miwiEF0pOuc
This video is inspired by @SegByDesign and @SmartGrowthUSA
Video by Reconnect Austin
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Calida Rawles’ exhibit at @pamm is a painful, but important, highlighting of the ways in which urban highways led to the mass displacement and disenfranchisement of Miami’s Black communities.
Very much in-line w/ @SegByDesign’s great work. We need to teardown, repair and restore
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Here's my argument: if you want to understand how infrastructure does and doesn't get built in America today, there is no better single case study, than the Big Dig. The trailer is out now from @GBHNews; series launches Sept 27th. @PRX @ApplePodcasts
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Highway construction divided sections of East Los Angeles. We're funding a new pedestrian and bike bridge across the 710 Freeway with a grant from our infrastructure law. Soon, it will make it safer for kids to get to school at Humphreys Avenue Elementary.
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'15 Minute Cities are taking my individual freedom to drive my car!!1!'
In fact, most car driving:
⛓️ is a dependency
🚧 is built on decades of state intervention
📈 makes people captives of companies
💸 results in huge household costs
🏞️ externalizes on society/environment
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In Roxbury, officially known as the “heart of Black culture in Boston,” the government demolished the Dudley Street Church in the 1960s and replaced it with a police station. Such "urban renewal" projects also displaced thousands in the area. More info: segregationbydesign.com/bost…
