Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Trucks

These don't belong in our cities — but right now, we need them to move fast on our highways. Source: Creative Commons.

The Real Cure For Freight Truck Traffic is Fewer Cars

By Kea Wilson | Mar 25, 2020 | No Comments

We don't need more roads — we need fewer cars on the existing roads.

We don't know what the Hummer EV will look like yet, we do know we'd be terrified to see this grill coming at us in a crosswalk. Via Car and Driver.

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EV Hummer Bummer, Part I: This is Bad for the Planet

By Kea Wilson | Feb 5, 2020 | No Comments

The Hummer EV is being billed as a "quiet revolution" — and it is, but not for the reasons GMC wants you to think.

Three cities are launching a pilot program with T4A to manage curb space and collect data about which companies are making deliveries and when.

Three Cities See a Way to ‘Curb’ Traffic

By Aaron Short | Dec 11, 2019 | No Comments

Curb space is the Wild West of neighborhood transportation.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont's $21 billion transportation plan primarily widens highways which will encourage more driving across the state.

Connecticut’s Transportation Plan Stymies Its Future

By Aaron Short | Nov 19, 2019 | No Comments

What is Gov. Ned Lamont doing building all these new roads to compete with transit?

Washington D.C. ran a three-month pilot allowing delivery companies to reserve space at loading zones across the district. Image: Elvert Barnes

Garçon! D.C. Requires Curb Reservations for Deliveries

By Aaron Short | Nov 14, 2019 | No Comments

Cities need to treat curb space like restaurants treat its prime tables.

The Texas Transportation Commission could approve $600 million in road improvements for the Permian Basin this week, with little regard for the transit needs of the region.

Climate Change Fight Dies in Texas Oil Region

By Aaron Short | Aug 28, 2019 | 3 Comments

An oil-rich region of West Texas is about to get more than half a billion dollars in highway funds so it can continue to pump more crude and frack natural gas — perpetuating a cycle that is causing the destruction of human civilization.

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