Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Cars

The “Worst Cities for Driving” Include a Lot of America’s Best Cities

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 18, 2014 | 35 Comments

Don’t you just hate going to a really lively city with a pulsing street life? Where there’s a lot going on and people can walk from one place to the next? You might if you’re trying to drive there. And once again, NerdWallet has delivered the windshield perspective on America’s cities. The pop-finance website’s new […]

Talking Headways Podcast: Let Them Drive Cars

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 9, 2014 | 8 Comments

Quick quiz: What city is the world leader in highway teardowns? San Francisco? Portland? Madrid? Wrong, wrong, wrong. It’s Seoul, South Korea, which has removed 15 urban highways — and is about to remove another. In this week’s Talking Headways episode, Jeff and I talk about what can take the place of a freeway in […]

Talking Headways Podcast: Knight Rider Rides Again

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 27, 2014 | No Comments

It was a dark and stormy day in San Francisco and Jeff Wood stayed dry in Woonerf studios, recording the Talking Headways podcast with co-host Tanya Snyder, who was bitter that days after the spring equinox, Washington, DC, was getting hit with another snowstorm. But more importantly — what does the future hold after a […]

How the Self-Driving Car Could Spell the End of Parking Craters

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 26, 2014 | 20 Comments

Here’s the rosy scenario of a future where cars drive themselves: Instead of owning cars, people will summon autonomous vehicles, hop in, and head to their destination. With fewer cars to be stored, parking lots and garages will give way to development, eventually bringing down the cost of housing in tight markets through increased supply. […]

The Fuzzy Math in the Road Lobby’s Memo to Congress

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 25, 2014 | 4 Comments

Don’t know what to make of the news that U.S. driving rates have dropped for the ninth year in a row? Looking for guidance about whether your state or city should be wantonly expanding roads or investing in transit, biking, and walking? The road lobby thinks you should turn to them for independent, unbiased analysis […]

Making Transit Better Isn’t Enough. Driving Needs to Be Worse.

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 21, 2014 | 91 Comments

So transit ridership is up. Everybody knows that. It’s at its highest point since 1956. Right? Well, ridership per capita is still less than half its 1956 point. And by 1956, transit ridership was already at a 40-year low. But with transit growing faster than car travel, at a rate that outpaces population growth, there […]

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