A Blueprint for More Equitable Transportation Planning

April 2, 2018

Next City By Sarah Trent Streets are among the most used public assets, but for many in Najari Smith’s Richmond, Calif., community, those streets don’t feel like the safe, accessible public infrastructure they’re meant to be. In 2012, Smith founded Rich…
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How to Decide, Fairly, Which Transportation Investments Are the Best Ones

March 28, 2018

StreetsBlog By Melanie Curry The Greenlining Institute’s Mobility Equity Framework offers this tool for analyzing the true impacts of transportation investment decisions. The Greenlining Institute, an Oakland-based nonprofit, released a report today describing a three-step framework that can be used…
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Greenlining Institute Urges NY Fed to Rethink Selection Process for New President

March 28, 2018

Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Media Relations Director, 510-926-4022; 415-846-7758 (cell) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – The Greenlining Institute today urged the New York Federal Reserve Board to rethink and restart its process for selecting a new president to replace William Dudley, set…
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Putting People Ahead of Cars: New Framework for Transportation Planning

March 28, 2018

Greenlining Framework Shows How to Include Community Voices, End Neglect of Low-Income Neighborhoods & Communities of Color Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Media Relations Director, 510-926-4022; 415-846-7758 (cell) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – For too long, advocates say, transportation planners have focused on…
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Will Congress Spark a New Great Recession?

March 21, 2018

Newsday By Orson Aguilar Four years before the subprime mortgage meltdown devastated the U.S. economy, my organization warned Federal Reserve Board Chair Alan Greenspan that a deregulated financial sector was hurtling us toward disaster. The New York Times, in recounting this 2004…
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Long Beach to Look at Creating More Accessible Path to Homeownership for Renters

March 19, 2018

Long Beach Post By Jason Ruiz Buying a home in Long Beach is…hard. And with the average home price well over half a million dollars in a city where rents are also increasing each year, it’s becoming more difficult for…
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Alvaro Sanchez de Greenlining Habla Sobre Problemas Climáticos en la Bahía

March 15, 2018

Telemundo 48 Mira esta entrevista donde Álvaro Sánchez habló sobre los problemas climáticos que actualmente aquejan al Área de la Bahía.
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Diversity, Inclusion & Justice: Greenlining Institute Seeks Dialogue on New Strategies

March 13, 2018

New Framework Document Focuses on “4 Ws”; New Working Group Planned Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Media Relations Director, 510-926-4022; 415-846-7758 (cell) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – Today The Greenlining Institute released its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Framework: Reclaiming Diversity, Equity and Inclusion…
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Leadership Academy Helps Amplify Voices for Racial Justice

March 7, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle By Otis R. Taylor Jr. Jordyn Bishop is half American Indian and half white, and talking about race with her friends and family has never been a challenge. But while in law school at UC Hastings, Bishop…
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Oaklanders May Vote on Uber Tax

March 7, 2018

East Bay Express By Darwin Bond Graham Five years ago, the California Public Utilities Commission issued a decision giving itself almost exclusive regulatory authority over transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft. Ever since, local public officials throughout the state…
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