D10/11 The SUB/URBAN Review

D10/11 The SUB/URBAN Review

Criticism

The ROAD ACT, the Last Séance of Neoliberalism
Bipartisan sprawl is not paved with good intentions
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Don’t worry, real cycling is safe! Most Republicans and Klan members like bicycling
D10/11 The SUB/URBAN Review is a reader-supported publication.
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Replace Area Median Income with Area Median Wage
The discussion on affordable housing is ludicrous without discussing AMI
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ANOTHER reason I loathe Solutions Journalism and the local model: its embrace of scientific racism
Lots of journalists agreed with scientific racism, which is why they so readily co-signed Nathan Cofnas despite his clear axe to grind after being fired…
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How Auto Asphyxiation and antiblackness exacerbated the lead crisis for everyone
The mythical “ghetto” lead paint chip eater helped automakers hide its complicity with the harm of its leaded gas
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The implementation of e-bike laws is an important reminder that we build the bike lanes we want—and then, in turn, those lanes build us
New Jersey e-bike laws are the result of disaster patriarchy.
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Two Victims, One System: The Political Economy of E-Bike Deregulation
The horrific crash on Manhattan’s Upper West Side on July 7 between an e-bike delivery worker and a jogger, which left the jogger in a medically induced…
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Bicycles are partisan now
Neoliberalism Has Failed Bicycle Advocacy
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The Middle Class Was Built in Washington, Not at City Hall
The same people who mock Moody’s negative outlook for Newark neither appreciate nor understand what Bloomfield’s excellent Moody’s short-term credit…
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The Mad Hatter & Mr Toad Rides their bikes in Traffic: John Forrester’s World
English literature for precocious young adults is filled with wild feats of fantasy.
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The green monster filled with Black people behind Delaney Hall
Here are some inconvenient truths of an inconvenient protest.
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My review of the 2026 New Jersey Bike & Walk Summit
Les Liaisons Dangereuses à la Conférence Vélo or Dangerous Narratives
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