Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Cars

Just one of Phoenix's massive interstates, via Creative Commons

Phoenix Leaders Are Climate Hypocrites

By Joe Cortright | Dec 4, 2020 | No Comments

Phoenix says it’s going to reduce greenhouse gases 90 percent by 2050, but the city’s transportation greenhouse gases have risen 1,000 pounds per person since 2014, and it’s planning to spend hundreds of millions widening freeways.

A warning label like this will soon be on gas pumps in Cambridge, Mass.

WARNING: Cars are Dangerous!

By Kea Wilson | Nov 30, 2020 | No Comments

We warn cigarette buyers that they might expose their children to second-hand smoke. Why not warn drivers of their impact on society?

Hands free driving is a reckless, dangerous, and selfish idea — even when your car is partially automated. Image: Creative Commons

Study: Partial Automation Encourages Reckless Driving

By Kea Wilson | Nov 20, 2020 | No Comments

Automated vehicle technology was supposed to end car crashes forever — but a new study suggests that the more automated a car gets, the more reckless its driver may become.

As Biden Campaigned on Green Cars, U.S. Truck Sales Soared

By Kea Wilson | Nov 10, 2020 | No Comments

A wave of U.S. car buyers nearly tied the all-time record for truck and SUV purchases, just weeks before the American people at large elected a President who wants to get rid of gas-guzzlers altogether by 2050.

We Should Question EVs – and Private Car Ownership Itself

By Alexandre Milovanoff | Oct 28, 2020 | No Comments

It almost seems like owning an electric vehicle is a silver bullet in the fight against climate change, but it isn’t. What we should also be focused on is whether anyone should use a private vehicle at all.

Car Exhaust Is Making Us All Depressed!

By Kea Wilson | Oct 28, 2020 | No Comments

A new study shows that vehicle pollution may have more to do with our mental health than anyone realized.

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