Car Dependence
Basics
Streetsies 2019: NYC Projects of the Year
December 26, 2019
Think Tank Offers Road Map to Break the Car Culture
Congress should stop splurging on new highways and instead expand transit to help Americans break their century-long addiction to a device that is killing us, the car, a D.C. institute says.
December 10, 2019
Rural America Cashes In Under Trump
It's a great time to be living in the middle of nowhere as President Trump directs more transportation funds to his rural base.
December 5, 2019
Former Mass Gov. Mike Dukakis: Driving Is For Turkeys
Mike Dukakis loves transit, but hates how his neighbors leave turkey carcasses at his Brookline door.
December 2, 2019
America’s SUVs Are Killing the Planet: U.N.
They're coming for your SUVs, America. Good!
November 27, 2019
Half-a-BILLION Wasted in Reckless Driving by City Workers
November 21, 2019
Connecticut’s Transportation Plan Stymies Its Future
What is Gov. Ned Lamont doing building all these new roads to compete with transit?
November 19, 2019
Joe Biden Doesn’t Go Far Enough On Transit
Please wake us when the Democratic 2020 candidates get serious about transit in the 21st century.
November 18, 2019
Trump Shifts Obama Transit Funding to Roads
Obama allocated 28 percent of federal grants to transit. It's 8.5 percent under Trump. And funding for bike and pedestrian projects dropped to zero.
November 13, 2019
Report: Uber’s Software Flaws Led to Fatal Crash
The self-driving Uber car that killed an Arizona woman in March 2018 was not programmed to identify pedestrians outside of a crosswalk and lacked software that could have spared her life, a federal safety agency said.
November 7, 2019
