Recent Streetsblog USA posts about SUVs

Advocates See Silver Lining in Infrastructure Bill

By Kea Wilson | Aug 4, 2021 | No Comments

A handful of critical policy changes buried in the bipartisan infrastructure megabill may quietly revolutionize life for people who walk and roll through U.S. cities — especially if it's amended to include other progressive items a House bill.

Study: SUV Spree Spurred Death Surge

By Christopher Robbins | Jul 27, 2021 | No Comments

If the popularity of oversized vehicles continues to rise, walker fatalities will rise, too.

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Around and a Roundy: The Hummer Stays in the Picture

By Streetsblog | Jun 29, 2021 | No Comments

Our national treasure cartoonist Bill Roundy has been watching the growing anger about electric bikes with a certain amount of confusion.

An electric Hummer may be even more likely to kill you than a regular one. Via Car and Driver.

Heavy EVs May Be More Dangerous To U.S. Walkers

By Kea Wilson | Jun 9, 2021 | No Comments

A whole lot of heavy electric cars are likely to roll onto U.S. streets soon — but the U.S. hasn’t bothered to answer the question of how fatal they’ll be to pedestrians in the event of a crash.

Regulators Aren't Taming U.S. Megacar Crisis

By Kea Wilson | Jun 4, 2021 | No Comments

Federal regulators have known about the inherent dangers that large vehicles pose to vulnerable road users since the mid-1970s, but have done almost nothing to stop it — and they probably won’t because of who we are as a nation, a new legal research paper argues.