lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_post_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_post_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_post_card_square

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_16x9_full_width

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_3x2_full_width

lede_article_featured_1x1

lede_article_featured_1x1_full_width

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_featured_flexible_full_width

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

lede_leaderboard

Basics

Streetsblog Network Bar

Topics

Covering the movement to end car dependency and improve biking, walking and transit in America.

Streetsblog USA

This story is the work of the Streetsblog staff.

Streetsblog

Promoted

Around and a Roundy: The Hummer Stays in the Picture

Kea Wilson is Senior Editor for Streetsblog USA. She has more than a dozen years experience as a writer telling emotional, urgent and actionable stories that motivate average Americans to get involved in making their cities better places. She is also a novelist, cyclist, and affordable housing advocate. She lives in St. Louis, MO. For tips, submissions, and general questions, reach out ther at <a href="mailto:kea@streetsblog.org">kea@streetsblog.org,</a> on X at <a href="https://twitter.com/streetsblogkea">@streetsblogkea,</a> or on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social">@keawilson.bsky.social.</a>

Kea Wilson

Electric Cars

Are Heavy EVs More Dangerous to U.S. Walkers?

FMVSS

Why Regulators Aren’t Taming the U.S. Megacar Crisis

Jesse Coburn is a reporter at ProPublica after a stint as Streetsblog&#8217;s investigative reporter, where his reporting received a Polk Award, a Sigma Award, and awards from the Silurians Press Club and the Overseas Press Club Foundation. Previously he was a reporter at Newsday and an editor at ARCH+.

Jesse Coburn, ProPublica

Carnage

Number of SUVs and Other Big Cars is Up 21% in NYC

Congestion

Study: The Surprising Reasons Why Congestion Pricing Might Get Drivers Out of SUVs

SUV and Pickup Purchases Soar — But Who’s Buying?

Charles Komanoff is a national expert on congestion pricing and traffic modeling, and is the former head of Transportation Alternatives. He is a longtime Streetsblog contributor. Reach him at <a href="mailto:komanoff@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">komanoff@gmail.com</a>.

SUVs

Around and a Roundy: The Hummer Stays in the Picture

Are Heavy EVs More Dangerous to U.S. Walkers?

Why Regulators Aren’t Taming the U.S. Megacar Crisis

Number of SUVs and Other Big Cars is Up 21% in NYC

Study: The Surprising Reasons Why Congestion Pricing Might Get Drivers Out of SUVs

SUV and Pickup Purchases Soar — But Who’s Buying?

KOMANOFF: Takeaways from America’s Diesel Pickup Pollution Disaster

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

COVID-19 Isn’t Dampening Enthusiasm for Labor Day Driving

Watchdog to Audit Flawed U.S. Motor Vehicle Safety Program