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Mobility is a freedom, and for Black Americans, that freedom has never been guaranteed.
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In this episode
- Why the transportation system treats Black Americans differently
- The real costs of unequal access to mobility
- What arrested mobility means for daily life and opportunity
- How policy and design choices created these disparities
About this episode
Charles T. Brown, author of "Arrested Mobility," discusses why mobility is not afforded in the same way to everyone – and the dire cost of this inequity.
About Next City
Join Lucas Grindley, executive director at Next City, where we believe journalists have the power to amplify solutions and spread workable ideas. Each week Lucas will sit down with trailblazers to discuss urban issues that get overlooked.
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