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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
How Not to Be a Garbage Person When You’re Driving
March 10, 2020
Before You Vote This Super Tuesday, Read This Cartoon
For your Election Day funnies, let's revisit a classic Boston cartoon about where the real socialism lies in these United States: on the open road. The cartoon is by Dan Wasserman of the Boston Globe. The “T” is Boston’s public transportation systems operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
March 3, 2020
Streetsblog 101: Car Culture is a Toxic Masculinity Problem
Our primer on how car ads created the very idea of macho — and why it's killing us.
February 27, 2020
Op-Ed: It takes more than car-shaming to change car use
People are most open to changing their travel habits during major life events, such as a move. But even a well-timed message isn’t enough.
February 26, 2020
The Secret Villains Behind Traffic Violence: Auto Lenders
Americans are taking on more debt than ever at the car dealership — and the rise in risky auto lending has everything to do with our national rise in pedestrian fatalities.
February 20, 2020
Pedestrians Aren’t Even Safe From Car Crashes Inside Buildings
500 people die every year in *non*-roadway car crashes — because so many cars crash through building walls.
February 19, 2020
Why We Should Be Even More Nervous About AVs
Eighty-five percent of Americans are concerned about sharing the road with still-untested autonomous cars. But perfecting the tech may not be enough to make AVs safer.
February 12, 2020
