Recent Streetsblog USA posts about SUVs

Opinion: The Real Reason Why Americans Keep Buying SUVs

By Arian Horbovetz | Nov 25, 2022 | No Comments

Urbanists often see SUV purchases as an unnecessarily individualistic expression of decadence, but perhaps we might start to see this reaction as a personal strategy to mitigate a developmental priority that promotes exclusivity.

Senator Calls on Feds to Mandate ‘Frontover’ Cameras on Huge Cars — But It Won’t Save Enough Lives

By Kea Wilson | Aug 17, 2022 | No Comments

A Connecticut senator is calling for federal action on megacars that are too big for drivers to see children right in front of them — but not necessarily by making vehicles smaller, which could save lives in other kinds of crashes, too.

Study: SUVs Are Indeed Death Machines for Children, Blacks

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 7, 2022 | No Comments

Maybe the 354th story with this headline will finally change some minds — or some federal regulations.

The First Step to Ending Pedestrian Deaths? Tax Heavy Cars In Cities

By Yonah Freemark and Wesley Jenkins | Jul 7, 2022 | No Comments

Washington is the first city in the nation to propose a targeted charge by vehicle weight, but even that ambitious policy falls short of similar weight charges in other countries.

ANALYSIS: These Advocates Want You to Deflate Your Neighbor’s SUV Tires

By Kea Wilson | Jun 28, 2022 | No Comments

A secretive network of activists are deflating SUV tires in urban neighborhoods around the world to physically force their drivers to find less dangerous and polluting ways to get around — and in the process, they're prompting a conversation about the role of illegal direct action in the movement to end car dependence.

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Is the Tide Turning on America's Megacar Crisis?

By Mary Wisniewski | Jun 8, 2022 | No Comments

While big vehicles are safer for people on the inside, they're more deadly for those on the outside. But there's a movement to require safer automobile designs and create disincentives to owning oversized vehicles.

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