Segregation_by_Design

Using data & remastered historic photos to document the destruction of communities of color by redlining, urban renewal, & freeways. Also potential solutions.

[Segregation_by_Design @SegByDesign]

Construction of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway required the forcible displacement of tens of thousands of people across the two boroughs. Designed by Robert Moses, the highway cut a nearly 15-mile gash through some of the most densely populated neighborhoods on the planet.

[Segregation_by_Design @SegByDesign]

@wb_thorne @m0grady Even if backhanded, I will take this as a compliment

[Josh Kalla @j_kalla]

Great article from @TahraHoops and @ProgressChamber about how the @MTA was able to save $3 billion since 2020 by investing in state capacity https://t.co/KziCNdjCkE

[Effective Transit Alliance @eta_ny]

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.

[Segregation_by_Design @SegByDesign]

Check out "The Story of the BQE," a 40-min "documentary" I put together with the Institute for Public Architecture about the past, present, and future of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
https://t.co/d4e8KQIbam

[Senator Molly Cook @MollyforTexas]

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 @SegByDesign]

Latest updates on “Reconnecting Communities” news, arrayed along two axes: one comparing progress towards reconnection vs. the opposite; and another transformative change (for better or worse) vs. incremental. More info and links: https://t.co/LNNmz9oLrr

[Vintage Maps @vintagemapstore]

Dallas, TX, before-and-after construction of highways. Work of @SegByDesign

[Shahana Hanif @ShahanaFromBK]

0 traffic-related fatalities for 7 years 😳

[Segregation_by_Design @SegByDesign]

@st3fk0n1 @fietsprofessor @tudelft We've had 8! The plan now is to drop it on youtube early in the new year.

https://t.co/werqUTdvpZ

[Segregation_by_Design @SegByDesign]

Latest updates on “Reconnecting Communities” news, arrayed along two axes: one comparing progress towards reconnection vs. the opposite; and another transformative change (for better or worse) vs. incremental. More info and links: https://t.co/T1d90wmac2

[Segregation_by_Design @SegByDesign]

@fake__brad @fietsprofessor @tudelft Thanks for this correction and context. Great photo.

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

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
🫰: 🆓
👇Sign up info

[Segregation_by_Design @SegByDesign]

Update on “Reconnecting Communities” news, arrayed along two axes: one comparing progress towards reconnection vs. the opposite; and another transformative change (for better or worse) vs. incremental. More info and links: https://t.co/Kq1oj7QrMM

[Segregation_by_Design @SegByDesign]

Nice read. "Canal communities are tied together by this piece of infrastructure and it’s not very clear what it’s for or what needs to happen to it. So there’s an interesting [opportunity] for urbanism that is not necessarily based on growth.”

https://t.co/NHGbrh3hlb

[Segregation_by_Design @SegByDesign]

Overview of mid-October “Reconnecting Communities” news, arrayed along two axes: one comparing progress towards reconnection vs. the opposite; and another transformative change (for better or worse) vs. incremental. More info and links: https://t.co/9p9Fwkm1fe

[Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU @Car_Free_USA]

It's not just the highways and "Urban Renewal" projects decimating cities, but the large, consolidated blocks that sap the life out of neighborhoods.

[Segregation_by_Design @SegByDesign]

Overview of last month's “Reconnecting Communities” news, arrayed along two axes: one comparing progress towards reconnection vs. the opposite; and another transformative change (for better or worse) vs. incremental. More info and links: https://t.co/7XbGN6DOZs

[Segregation_by_Design @SegByDesign]

@TransitMIA @MiamiTodayNews @GoCITT @GoMiamiDade Do you have a link to the Miami Today article? Thanks!

[Environmental Data & Governance Initiative @EnviroDGI]

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.

https://t.co/9UGd4OrMeq

[Segregation_by_Design @SegByDesign]

More info specifically on the train: https://t.co/ADRoxNTC07

[Segregation_by_Design @SegByDesign]

View of Aliso St. in Downtown LA, before-and-after it was transformed into a frontage road for the 101. Aliso was the Pacific Electric's only route across the LA River, and conversion of the street to a highway in 1951 resulted in the abandonment of all lines east of the river.

[Segregation_by_Design @SegByDesign]

More info: https://t.co/DgRkEViftj