Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Car Dependence

The U.S. Department of Transportation under Secretary Elaine Chao has shifted hundreds of millions of dollars in transportation grants away from urban centers and toward rural areas.

Rural America Cashes In Under Trump

By Aaron Short | Dec 5, 2019 | No Comments

It's a great time to be living in the middle of nowhere as President Trump directs more transportation funds to his rural base.

Former Mass Gov. Mike Dukakis: Driving Is For Turkeys

By Aaron Short | Dec 2, 2019 | No Comments

Mike Dukakis loves transit, but hates how his neighbors leave turkey carcasses at his Brookline door.

A UN report is urging America to break its SUV habit, or risk the catastrophic effects of global warming.

America’s SUVs Are Killing the Planet: U.N.

By Aaron Short | Nov 27, 2019 | No Comments

They're coming for your SUVs, America. Good!

Half-a-BILLION Wasted in Reckless Driving by City Workers

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 21, 2019 | No Comments

The City of New York has spent more than $500 million since 2013 in payouts to the victims of road violence caused by employees of just five key agencies crashing their city-owned vehicles, Streetsblog has learned.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont's $21 billion transportation plan primarily widens highways which will encourage more driving across the state.

Connecticut’s Transportation Plan Stymies Its Future

By Aaron Short | Nov 19, 2019 | No Comments

What is Gov. Ned Lamont doing building all these new roads to compete with transit?

Joe Biden released his $1.3 trillion infrastructure proposal which largely preserves car-dominated transportation systems into the 21st century. Image: Gage Skidmore

Joe Biden Doesn’t Go Far Enough On Transit

By Aaron Short | Nov 18, 2019 | No Comments

Please wake us when the Democratic 2020 candidates get serious about transit in the 21st century.

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