Recent Streetsblog USA posts about COVID-19

REPORT: In 2021, Drivers Nearly Erased 2020 Climate Wins

By Kea Wilson | Jan 10, 2022 | No Comments

Transportation emissions climbed back to two-thirds of pre-pandemic levels during 2021 — and that modest reduction was almost entirely attributable to decreases in air travel not driving, a new study finds.

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Hulton-Deutsch Collection, Corbis, via Nat Geo, CC

Report: To Sustain the Cycling Boom, U.S. Must Build Up American Bike Manufacturing

By Kea Wilson | Dec 13, 2021 | No Comments

And as the bike shortages of the Covid-19 pandemic recently revealed, the absence of a robust domestic bike industry can itself become a barrier to getting Americans riding.

Smog over Los Angeles. Image: Metro Library, CC

Study: Drivers Responsible For Way More Ammonia Pollution Than Previously Thought

By Kea Wilson | Dec 7, 2021 | No Comments

Federal and state agencies may be underestimating the amount of dangerous ammonia emissions that cars pump into the atmosphere by as much as a factor of five, a new study finds — and maybe more in urban areas.

Interior of a TriMet bus (in the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area) with numerous seats marked by "Don't sit here" signs intended to encourage spatial-distancing (in accordance with a temporary 10-passenger limit for buses) during the Covid-19 pandemic. Image: Steve Morgan, CC

STUDY: Transit Agencies Are Planning a Radically Equitable COVID Recovery

By Kea Wilson | Dec 6, 2021 | No Comments

A staggering 88 percent of U.S. transit agencies expect that historically disenfranchised riders will be their primary customers as they recover from the pandemic, a new study finds.

Advocates to Biden: There’s A Better Way to Address Rising Gas Prices

By Kea Wilson | Nov 29, 2021 | No Comments

Sustainable transportation advocates are sending a clear message to Washington: the best way to address rising gas prices is to cut oil demand, not increase supply.

Talking Headways Podcast: Transit Expansion and Service in the Pandemic

By Jeff Wood | Nov 18, 2021 | No Comments

This week we’re at the 2021 Virtual Railvolution conference. Adelee Le Grand, CEO of Tampa's transit system, moderates a panel featuring Debra Johnson of RTD in Denver, and Peter Rogoff of Sound Transit in Seattle. Johnson and Rogoff discuss progress in their regions and the effects of the pandemic.

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