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Friday Video: Why Bad Drivers Are Everywhere
U.S. roads all but guarantee that U.S. drivers will do dangerous things. But how did we get here — and how do we fix it?
January 23, 2025
Congestion Relief Zone is Also a CRASH Relief Zone: Data
Congestion pricing critics will have one less reason to say the toll isn't working
January 23, 2025
Streetsblog on the Road: Bike Share in Shanghai
The Chinese mega-city provides an example of great urban mobility, albeit with a side of authoritarianism.
Joseph Tedeschi
January 22, 2025
Will Incoming U.S. DOT Secretary Sean Duffy Derail America’s Two Biggest Transportation Bills?
America has a new transportation secretary – but a recent executive order appears to direct him not to perform some of the most important duties of his job.
January 22, 2025
Enviro Leaders: EV’s Won’t Save Us, Invest in Transit and Active Transportation
To the surprise of few, the incoming presidential administration of Donald Trump hit the ground driving, signing executive orders that will boost oil production and could eliminate federal tax credits for the purchase of electric vehicles. While California has set its own climate and emission goals, its plan relies on drivers switching to emission-free electric […]
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January 22, 2025
Trump’s ‘EV Mandate’ Does Not Exist. But Car Dependency Does — And We Can End It
The new president has sworn to unravel Biden's EV plans. But would they have been enough to decarbonize the transportation sector without confronting how much Americans drive?
January 21, 2025
Drivers Keep Hitting Pedestrians In Front of An Iconic St. Louis Ice Cream Shop. Advocates Are Fighting Back.
A series of crashes outside a popular St. Louis landmark carries a larger lesson about traffic violence, and the cost of government inaction.
Christian Frommelt
January 21, 2025
How America Can Reconnect Its Neighborhoods Before the Next Climate Catastrophe
America is replete with sprawling, disconnected neighborhoods that send residents out of their way by design. A new study explores just how bad it is — and what we can do about it.
January 20, 2025
Why Americans Don’t Walk: A Forgotten Centennial
“Nobody walks in LA,” sang Missing Persons in 1982. The New Wave band could have been singing about most of America. How did it get this way? Why is it so hard to walk in most American cities, towns and suburbs? Why does the United States have the wors...
Peter Norton
January 20, 2025
Congestion Pricing Gets Kids To School On Time, Data Shows
Data shared with Streetsblog shows school buses traveling faster and being late less since congestion pricing began.
Sophia Lebowitz
January 16, 2025
