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CDC Revise Awful COVID-19 Commuting Recommendations, But They’re Still Not Great
The Centers for Disease Control is still encouraging financial incentives for single occupancy car commutes — and failing to address the barriers to other modes.
June 4, 2020
Monday’s Headlines From Around the Nation
More and more coverage of the nation's coming carmageddon. Plus the rest of the weekend's news, just by clicking here.
May 18, 2020
We Can’t Afford a Repeat of the 2009 Auto Bailout
Three members of Congress are pushing the feds to provide financial relief to automakers during COVID-19. That didn't go so well 11 years ago.
May 11, 2020
Op-Ed: Here Are Some Cities Getting Open Streets Right
Lessons from Milan, Paris, Bogota, Vilnius and even New York.
May 1, 2020
CAR ‘SIT-INS’? Drivers Are Drowning Out the Voices of the Most-Vulnerable During COVID-19
The worst thing about the new wave of car "sit-ins" at state capitol buildings is not the cars (though they suck!). It's the feeling that the voices and needs of non-drivers will be ignored because they can't show up during a pandemic.
April 17, 2020
We Could Never Afford America’s Highways — Even Before COVID-19
Missouri just admitted that it can't maintain all the roads it has. But this is not bad news if we act accordingly.
April 13, 2020
DATA DUMP: Total Driving is Down in All Major U.S. Cities
Americans are indeed driving less — up to 94 percent less in some places — as the global COVID-19 pandemic keeps people at home, but rural segments of the country are not doing their share to flatten the curve.
April 6, 2020
COVID19 Legacy: The Death of the Avoidable Car Trip?
COVID-19 is requiring us to cut non-essential travel in the short term. It'll be harder to do it in the long term — but it will be worth it.
March 23, 2020
Coronavirus Legacy: No One Should Have to Drive to Vote
It's another corona crisistunity: Ohio's decision to cancel its primary shows the need to improve remote voting, during a public health crisis or not.
March 17, 2020
Streetsblog 101: How Pop Culture Stigmatizes Public Transit
Have you ever noticed that almost any time characters ride a bus or a train in a movie, they...kinda hate it?
March 12, 2020
