Traffic, stoplights, and equity
When I read Tom Vanderbilt’s book Traffic, I noticed that he had a big blind spot. He reviewed the history of traffic. …
Housing Equity and the Realtors
It was a mostly sunny, fairly warm Sunday afternoon, yet 1700+ people packed into the ISBCC at Roxbury Crossing to talk about …
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Affordable Housing in Boston
If you think that housing segregation was caused by white people not selling to black people out of their racism, ignorance, or …
Next steps for Energy, Environmental and Housing Justice
Just two weeks ago, I was musing on how energy efficiency efforts are designed to benefit people who have savings to lay …
What I learned about privilege from understanding traffic
When I read Tom Vanderbilt’s book Traffic, I noticed that he had a big blind spot. He reviews the history of traffic. …