The article reports on recent developments affecting urban transportation and equity in the U.S., highlighting the U.S. DOT's controversial focus on eliminating bike lanes, amid broader cuts to safe streets initiatives. The writer expresses discontent over the EPA's diminished role under the new Administrator and notes the removal of the Black Lives Matter mural, criticizing it as part of a larger "war on 'woke.'" The piece ends with insights into state-level responses to road safety and public opinion on transportation funding.
the U.S. DOT, fresh from cutting safe streets programs, stalling good projects and trying to revoke congestion pricing, now has bike lanes in its anti-equity sights.
this particular battle in the president's war on 'woke'.
Some people rallied at Gov. Hochul's office in support of a bill that would not make roadways safer.
People tend not to like new taxes, but what if they funded the subway?
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