Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Cars

Can the driverless cars of the future be bent into an opportunity to prioritize people? NACTO hopes so. Image: IPAM, UCLA

City Officials Seek To Mold the Future of Driverless Cars

By Aaron Short | Sep 10, 2019 | 1 Comment

Using autonomous vehicles as a chance to shape streets for people.

An Uber whistleblower warned that autonomous vehicles could injure more pedestrians if they continued racking up miles on public roads.

BRAKE TIME: Autonomous Vehicle Testing Endangers Pedestrians

By Aaron Short | Aug 21, 2019 | 2 Comments

An Uber whistleblower wants car companies to pump the brakes on autonomous vehicle testing on public roads.

Uber is a Slow-Motion Tragedy

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 9, 2019 | 11 Comments

More congested cities. Weakened transit systems. To top it off, Uber lost $5.2 billion last quarter.

A post-crash photo of the self driving Uber car that killed a Tempe pedestrian. Photo: NTSB

Pittsburgh Reveals the Downside of Self-Driving Cars

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 18, 2019 | 11 Comments

Wider inequality. More sprawl. Worse transit. Those are some of the outcomes we could see from self-driving cars in cities, according to a Pittsburgh-based transit advocacy group.

Helmets are too flimsy to protect cyclists says one British surgeon.

Helmets Do Nothing, Says British Surgeon

By Aaron Short | Jul 15, 2019 | 40 Comments

Many cyclists believe bike helmets will protect their skull if they ever get into a crash, but a British neurosurgeon claimed they are not worth the trouble. Dr. Henry Marsh, a neurosurgeon at St. George’s Hospital in London who treats patients with cycling injuries, argued that most helmets are ineffective and “too flimsy” to keep […]

Do Millennials Love Sprawl Now? Eh, Not Exactly

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 3, 2019 | 8 Comments

Millennials are moving to suburbs. But in a lot of cases they don't have much of a choice.

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