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Eve Kessler

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STREETSBLOG USA

NACTO Pushes Back as Big Auto Seeks Safety Exemption for Driverless Cars

By Eve Kessler | Sep 23, 2022 | No Comments
The national association of city transportation officials cries foul as Ford and GM try an end run around the NHTSA for cars without steering wheels and brakes.
Image: Screenshot from KMPH
STREETSBLOG NYC

ANALYSIS: Can New York Mandate Speed Governors on New Cars?

By Eve Kessler | Aug 31, 2022 | No Comments
In the absence of federal standards, can New York legislate speed governors and limit the blind spots on SUVs? We'll find out.
Photo: Waddie Grant via Instagram
STREETSBLOG NYC

Bill Would Set Limits on Huge SUVs

By Eve Kessler | Aug 22, 2022 | No Comments
Sen. Brad Hoylman introduces what he says is a first-in-the-nation effort to make active safety technology standard on new cars.
Image: Piqsels via Creative Commons
STREETSBLOG USA

To Fix Inflation And Climate Change, Get Americans out of Cars

By Eve Kessler | Aug 17, 2022 | No Comments
Our gas-guzzling rides are tanking our personal finances and municipal budgets as well as dooming the planet.
Image: Google Streetview
STREETSBLOG USA

Bad Road Design Is Stoking the U.S. Pedestrian Death Crisis: Report

By Eve Kessler | Jul 12, 2022 | No Comments
States that built streets for speed over safety experienced big fatality jumps even as driving diminished during the pandemic.
Photo by Joe Linton
STREETSBLOG NYC

Car Noise Stokes Heart Attacks

By Eve Kessler | May 4, 2022 | No Comments
Researchers in New Jersey link traffic racket to cardiovascular disease and cardiac episodes, proving again that it's death, not redemption, that's beneath a dirty hood.
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STEAL THIS IDEA: Denver Offering Rebates on E-Bike Purchases

By Eve Kessler | Apr 27, 2022 | No Comments
Colorado is high ... on getting e-bikes into the hands of drivers.
GOP governors don't want any curtailment of highway widening. Above, a highway in Pittsburgh. Photo: File
STREETSBLOG USA

GOP Govs to Biden: Don’t Force Your Progressive Politics on our Highway Projects

By Eve Kessler | Jan 24, 2022 | No Comments
Republican governors banded together to thwart the federal government's push to use the new $1.2-trillion infrastructure package to promote progress on climate change, jobs and racial justice.
What happens when Business Improvement Districts take the lead. Graphic courtesy of Hudson Square BID
STREETSBLOG NYC

In New York, Business Groups — Not the City — Lead on People-Centered Streets

By Eve Kessler | Nov 29, 2021 | No Comments
Commercial interests have pushed pedestrianization in the city's core shopping areas — because it improves their bottom lines. That can be good for residents but it has downsides, too.
Times Square is the best example of turning car space into public space. You can still see the segments of Broadway, now filled with people, in this shot looking downtown from the north side of the Crossroads of the World.
STREETSBLOG USA

TACTICAL URBANISM: Let’s Make More Plazas

By Eve Kessler | Jun 1, 2021 | No Comments
Hey tactical urbanists: Want to know a quick way to gain street space for people?
If any one group deserves an award for alerting officials about the danger of road violence, it is Families for Safe Streets.
STREETSBLOG NYC

LATEST LOBBYING: Advocates Pushing Raft of New Street-Safety Bills in Albany

By Eve Kessler | Apr 12, 2021 | No Comments
Drive includes measures on reckless drivers, speed limits, speed cameras, alcohol-impaired driving, and driver education.
Family biking in Hoboken. Photo: City of Hoboken
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EYES ON THE STREET: How Hoboken Has Eliminated Traffic Deaths

By Eve Kessler | Apr 6, 2021 | No Comments
The mayor's attention to Vision Zero leads to years of no traffic deaths.
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