Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Car culture

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What's Behind Partisan Splits Over Transport Reform?

By Kea Wilson | Oct 4, 2021 | No Comments

The majority of Americans support transportation reform that would reduce our national dependence on automobiles — but better messaging may be needed to persuade the rest, a new study suggests.

Look, Ma, no hands on the wheel! Via Mercedes-Benz

America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: ‘Autonomous’ Atrocities

By Streetsblog | Sep 27, 2021 | No Comments

Driverless cars do not exist. But we sure do have a lot of commercials for them!

What Would Our Cities Look Like If AVs Ruled the Roads?

By Kea Wilson | Sep 24, 2021 | No Comments

Autonomous vehicles could unleash a second wave of suburban sprawl that makes cities inhospitable to people outside cars in new ways — unless governments adopt policies to soften their impact now, a new study argues.

Most Toxic Car Ads: Child Endangerment Edition

By Streetsblog | Sep 22, 2021 | No Comments

In a rational world, a product that's routinely involved in the deaths and serious injuries of thousands of children every year would be immediately pulled from the market...or at least, maybe kids wouldn't be featured in hundreds of ads.

Most-Toxic Car Ads: A Masculinity Twofer

By Streetsblog | Sep 14, 2021 | No Comments

The all-powerful truck nut lobby wants you to believe that the kind of car you drive can make you sexier and less likely to belt out Shania Twain with your macho friends.

America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Get Out of Dodge

By Streetsblog | Sep 10, 2021 | No Comments

We had a lot of repeat offenders in our pool of submissions for this contest, but seemingly none was quite so offensive as this automaker, which constituted roughly a quarter of the haul. And if you know anything about car ads, can probably guess we're talking about Dodge.

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