Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Car culture

We Should Question EVs – and Private Car Ownership Itself

By Alexandre Milovanoff | Oct 28, 2020 | No Comments

It almost seems like owning an electric vehicle is a silver bullet in the fight against climate change, but it isn’t. What we should also be focused on is whether anyone should use a private vehicle at all.

Car Exhaust Is Making Us All Depressed!

By Kea Wilson | Oct 28, 2020 | No Comments

A new study shows that vehicle pollution may have more to do with our mental health than anyone realized.

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Auto Insurance Industry Admits Systemic Racism

By Eve Kessler | Oct 23, 2020 | No Comments

Auto insurers charge Black drivers with good records more than white drivers with bad records — among other racist practices.

It's cheaper to insure a monster like this than a Corolla.

How Auto Insurers Subsidize Car Carnage

By Eve Kessler | Oct 22, 2020 | No Comments

It costs less to insure an SUV, despite its role in the pedestrian death crisis. And drunk drivers barely pay more for insurance (why can they even get insurance again?).

What Vision Zero Can Learn from Car Ads

By Tom Flood | Oct 19, 2020 | No Comments

A former car insider reveals the techniques to develop ads to target a broader audience for the Vision Zero cause.

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New Law Forcing Non-Drivers to Get Car Insurance

By Kea Wilson | Oct 6, 2020 | No Comments

...and chances are, your state's insurance laws are probably even worse.

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