Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Cars

Post-Pandemic Period Proves Perilous to Pedestrians

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 7, 2022 | No Comments

The decade-long pedestrian death crisis has worsened, with a double-digit percentage increase in deaths caused by U.S. drivers — and experts are blaming it on speeding, distracted driving, larger vehicles and roads that prioritize car drivers over everyone else.

OPINION: The Cost of ‘Free’ Parking is Dirty Streets and Foul Air

By Richard Robbins | Mar 21, 2022 | No Comments

Our policy of forcing cars to move for street cleaning has many hidden costs, most notably the environmental effects of trading clean streets for polluted air.

Talking Headways Podcast: The Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark

By Jeff Wood | Mar 3, 2022 | No Comments

Yonah Freemark, a senior research associate at the Urban Institute, chats about the effects of the pandemic on office work and makes predictions about next year’s transportation policies and projects.

For Pete’s Sake! Sec. Buttigieg Won’t Push Back on States that Ignore Equity, Climate Guidelines

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 1, 2022 | No Comments

The U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary doesn't look like he's up to fight GOP lawmakers over the Biden climate and systemic racism agenda.

Biden is All In on EVs — And a New Era of Car Dependence

By Vince DiMiceli | Feb 11, 2022 | No Comments

In doing so, the White House ensured that car culture will continue to help set the agenda on transportation policy after more than 70 years of misguided, deadly mistakes.

What’s In the Groundbreaking New USDOT Safety Strategy — and What’s Missing

By Kea Wilson | Jan 27, 2022 | No Comments

For the first time in history, the United States Department of Transportation has committed to using every available resource to end roadway deaths and serious injuries on American roads — and now, they face the critical challenge of getting the rest of America to buy in with them.

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