Very appreciative of this thread and have been sad for a while about the decline of Streetsblog (parts of it, anyway) in the past 2 years. https://twitter.com/sahrasulaiman/status/1251592520250716160

More than one Streetsblog commenter has observed that for some privileged people, being on a bike is the most marginalizing experience in their lives: They are harassed, put in physical danger, and discriminated against in law.

I actually think there can be power there - even that experience can be a seed that grows into empathy, solidarity, and understanding of how racism and other structural factors have tarnished US transportation planning.

Instead what I've observed as a reader, supporter, and contributor is a narrowing - a focus on "car supremacy" as the only lens that matters. Feeling marginalized as a cyclist isn't treated as a path to seeing the big picture, but the only feeling that matters.

I find it so frustrating, because there are so many other stories that need to be told. We can find those in parts of the network, and sometimes in CityLab and so on. But there is value in the activist hub that Streetsblog promises, and I'd like to see that promise fulfilled.