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To Save Lives — And The Theater — Let’s Ban Cars From Broadway
We are all suffering from the few people who drive into the Times Square area. So let's make the easy fix, argues our contributor.
March 29, 2026
The Real Reason America Can’t Have The Tiny Japanese-Style Cars Trump Says He Wants
Trump is right that kei cars are super-kawaii — but he's wrong that clearing the regulatory decks is enough to bring them to U.S. shores.
December 15, 2025
Opinion: One Less Lane Ought To Fix It
Federal inaction means states must lead on reducing emissions — but their reluctance to reallocate road space for cars may doom climate goals.
Alex Burns
December 1, 2025
Friday Video: The Horrors of the Modern High-Tech Car
As more technology wheedles its way into our cars, they get scarier and scarier.
October 30, 2025
Want Safer Vehicles? Amid Federal Inaction, Look to the States
Our federal regulatory framework still lacks essential technology that makes cars, SUVs, and trucks safer. So states are leading.
Kristina Curtiss
September 23, 2025
Seattle’s Human Population Is Up, But Its Car Population Isn’t
Urbanists have long been making that case that growth in Seattle is the most climate-friendly and easiest to support with transit and infrastructure. And it's happening.
Doug Trumm
September 15, 2025
Commentary: It’s Nice Not to Worry About the Rising Costs of Cars
Don't you wish you didn't have to think so much about tariffs and what it's going to do to the cost of car ownership?
March 28, 2025
‘Rage Against the Machine’: The Daily Toll of Cars in 18 Images
In this excerpt from "The Architecture of Urbanity: Designing for Nature, Culture, and Joy," author Vishaan Chakrabarti gives a powerful visual breakdown of how car dependency impacts our places.
Vishaan Chakrabarti
October 21, 2024
The Challenge: A Week Without Driving
Streetsblog boardmember Abby Arnold pledges to go without driving for a week, and to tell Streetsblog readers all about it
The post The Challenge: A Week Without Driving appeared first on Streetsblog California.
Abby Arnold
September 24, 2024
Streetsblog Editor Reflects on the 23rd Anniversary of 9/11
Auto dependency carries severe and destructive consequences that go well beyond pollution and wrecks
September 11, 2024
