Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Car Dependence

“Closing” Lombard Street: The Language of Taking Cars For Granted

By Aaron Bialick | May 28, 2014 | No Comments

A peculiar thing tends to happen when we talk about streets and transportation: We don’t talk about cars. Seriously — listen to conversations, read news headlines, and you’ll start to notice that even when cars are the main subject, people will, consciously or unconsciously, fail to explicitly mention them. This phenomenon was particularly apparent to […]

Survey: Freedom From Car Dependence Appeals Across Generations

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 30, 2014 | 3 Comments

When it comes to what Millennials and Baby Boomers look for in a community, the generation gap may be overstated. According to a recent survey from the American Planning Association, young adults and their parents both want better transportation options. APA surveyed 1,040 adults ages 21 to 65 with at least two years of college. […]

What Happens When You #ReplaceBikeWithCar

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 7, 2014 | 2 Comments

Late last week, somebody started the meme #ReplaceBikeWithCar on Twitter and it really took off. Zachary Shahan used Storify to put together this collection of the most thought-provoking quips. As Robert Prinz showed with his altered news items, a simple word swap can effectively tease out the absurdity of cultural attitudes toward driving and biking. All we […]

Atlanta’s Snowjam Disaster: How Much Was Sprawl to Blame?

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 30, 2014 | 14 Comments

More disturbing reports from Atlanta’s epic frozen traffic jam disaster are coming to light today. It’s hard to believe how quickly the situation got out of hand when the region’s freeways got hit with a few inches of snow. A woman who was trapped in her car for 12 hours on a freeway trying to […]

What Will Our Future Be Like If We Don’t Change How We Get Around?

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 5, 2013 | 24 Comments

How will Americans get around in the year 2030? A recent report from the RAND Corporation lays out two “plausible futures” developed though a “scenario analysis” and vetted by outside experts. While RAND takes a decidedly agnostic stance toward the implications of each scenario, the choice that emerges is still pretty stark. In the first […]

Mr. Money Mustache on Retiring at 30 By Riding a Bike

By Tanya Snyder | May 22, 2013 | 42 Comments

His claim to fame is that he retired at age 30. He swears that you can achieve greater financial freedom too, if you follow his example by eliminating unnecessary expenses and investing wisely. He calls himself Mr. Money Mustache. And he says nothing is more essential to his philosophy and wealth-building strategy than riding a bike. Mr. […]

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