Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Donald Trump

NHTSA Blames Everyone But Itself For Crash Spike

By Kea Wilson | Jan 14, 2021 | No Comments

The Trump administration's top roadway safety agency offered a final kiss-off to America by blaming drivers for killing each other so much last year — with zero acknowledgement of the administration's own failures to implement life-saving policies.

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How to Stop Emissions Tampering

By Charles Komanoff | Dec 1, 2020 | No Comments

Combustion vehicles invite law-breaking. Petro-masculinity is deep-seated in American culture. But California, at least, has vanquished emissions tampering. These are the takeaways from last week's report of super-spreader pickup trucks.

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The Five Worst Legacies of the Chao Years

By Kea Wilson | Nov 10, 2020 | No Comments

Secretary Elaine Chao's leadership of the Department of Transportation damaged our nation — both in what she did and what she failed to do, experts say.

New York City has found the money for mask dispensers like these — but without a national mask mandate on transit, it's unclear how many riders across the country will be wearing face coverings. Source: MTA via Creative Commons.

Even With COVID, Trump Blocks Transit Mask Mandate

By Kea Wilson | Oct 7, 2020 | No Comments

The Trump administration declined the request from a prominent transit workers' union the same day the President was admitted to a tax payer-funded hospital for coronavirus.

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Chaos and Fear on Lawless NYC Roadways

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 4, 2020 | No Comments

The weekend of terror began on Saturday night, when a driver targeted peaceful cyclists towards the end of a StreetridersNYC event in Manhattan. Video shows the SUV plunged into the crowd of bikers.

Sorry, Elon. Image: Steve Jurvetson via Creative Commons.

Study: EVs Can't Curb Transport Emissions Enough

By Kea Wilson | Oct 2, 2020 | No Comments

A major shift to public transit and active modes is the only realistic answer

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