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Car traffic has officially taken an enormous dive in the last week. That's a sign that we're in crisis — and also an enormous opportunity. Source: San Sharma via Creative Commons.

Here’s How Much U.S. Car Traffic Plunged Last Week

By Kea Wilson | Mar 26, 2020 | No Comments

New data reveals that nationwide car traffic dropped 30 percent at the end of last week compared to the same day one month earlier.

These don't belong in our cities — but right now, we need them to move fast on our highways. Source: Creative Commons.

The Real Cure For Freight Truck Traffic is Fewer Cars

By Kea Wilson | Mar 25, 2020 | No Comments

We don't need more roads — we need fewer cars on the existing roads.

Are COVID and Traffic Deaths the Cost of Doing Business?

By Kea Wilson | Mar 24, 2020 | No Comments

It’s bad enough that most Americans think that 40,000 road deaths a year is just the price we pay for the freedom to go wherever we want whenever we want — but now that argument is being used by conservatives who want to abandon the health practices that can help us defeat the coronavirus. President […]

Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sshb/2912708983> Flickr/Creative Commons.

Suburbanization is Not the Answer To COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | Mar 24, 2020 | No Comments

Yes, contraction rates are higher in denser cities. No, that doesn't mean that the burbs are any safer — and in some ways, they're worse.

Do you *really* need to drive to the mall just to hang out? Via Creative Commons.

COVID19 Legacy: The Death of the Avoidable Car Trip?

By Kea Wilson | Mar 23, 2020 | No Comments

COVID-19 is requiring us to cut non-essential travel in the short term. It'll be harder to do it in the long term — but it will be worth it.

Image source: Derrick Pollack/Creative Commons

During COVID-19, Lime and Bird Pull Back; Spin Steps Up

By Kea Wilson | Mar 19, 2020 | No Comments

In the midst of a pandemic, is micromobility another way to spread the virus — or more important than ever before?

Expectation: car commercial model soaring gleefully through an uncongested downtown. Reality: This. Image via Creative Commons.

Study: Most Car Owners Wish They Didn’t Have to Drive

By Kea Wilson | Mar 19, 2020 | No Comments

Most people who get behind the wheel every day don't want to be there, a new survey shows.

Too many states don't make it easy for voters to cast their ballot without a car — and in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak, we must change that now more than ever. Source: My Northwest.

Coronavirus Legacy: No One Should Have to Drive to Vote

By Kea Wilson | Mar 17, 2020 | No Comments

It's another corona crisistunity: Ohio's decision to cancel its primary shows the need to improve remote voting, during a public health crisis or not.

A twenty mile per hour neighborhood speed limit saves lives in the best of times. In a pandemic, it can make the difference between an overburdened hospital system and one that's strained to a breaking point. Source Creative Commons.

Lowering Speed Limits Will Help Stop COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | Mar 16, 2020 | No Comments

Hospitals are about to be overwhelmed with virus patients. Let's not strain our health care system any more — we need to reduce speed limits now.

Big Data Could Fix Transport. Is That a Good Thing?

By Kea Wilson | Mar 13, 2020 | No Comments

Most of us are already sharing our location with private corporations almost every day. Could we use that data for good — or do we need to fight Big Brother?

Why yes, in fact, that is a racist depiction of a gang of mostly brown people menacing a white woman with a knife on a public train.

Streetsblog 101: How Pop Culture Stigmatizes Transit

By Kea Wilson | Mar 12, 2020 | No Comments

Have you ever noticed that almost any time characters ride a bus or a train in a movie, they...kinda hate it?

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America is Spending Billions Just to Make Traffic Worse

By Kea Wilson | Mar 11, 2020 | No Comments

Induced demand isn't news to Streetsblog readers. But a new report from Transportation for America illustrates exactly how stupid lane widenings really are.

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