Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Environmental Justice

To Stay Connected to Jobs, New Yorkers Need Better Bus Service

By Noah Kazis | Feb 23, 2011 | 13 Comments

Over the last decades, the economic geography of New York City has begun to shift. While Midtown and Lower Manhattan remain job centers without peer, more and more of the city’s jobs are located outside of the central business districts. As employment shifts into the other boroughs, however, the transit system hasn’t shifted with it. […]

Pratt Center Maps the Urgent Need for Better Transit in Low-Income Areas

By Noah Kazis | Oct 13, 2010 | 7 Comments

Last week’s MTA fare hikes marked the latest setback in a string of bad news for New York City transit riders. But with the launch of Select Bus Service on the East Side of Manhattan this week, some advocates are looking ahead to further opportunities to enhance the city’s surface transit network. The Pratt Center […]

Fair Share Charter Fix Could Reduce Truck Traffic Burden for Some Nabes

By Noah Kazis | Aug 20, 2010 | 1 Comment

A truck loading at a waste transfer station in the South Bronx. Photo: jrwiener via Flickr A proposed amendment to the City Charter could help free certain neighborhoods from the grip of truck traffic and other unhealthy side effects of public facilities. Although the Charter Revision Commission looked set to leave New York’s land use […]