Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Trucks

How to Stop Emissions Tampering

By Charles Komanoff | Dec 1, 2020 | No Comments

Combustion vehicles invite law-breaking. Petro-masculinity is deep-seated in American culture. But California, at least, has vanquished emissions tampering. These are the takeaways from last week's report of super-spreader pickup trucks.

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

By Kea Wilson | Sep 4, 2020 | No Comments

Car sales are recovering even as coronavirus rises — and the fact that more people want to buy sedans isn't necessarily good news.

Crash test dummies usually stand in for drivers and car passengers during safety trials — and are rarely used to test how safe vehicles are for pedestrians *outside* cars. Could a new audit help change that? Source: Peterson Airforce Base via Creative Commons.

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

By Kea Wilson | Aug 20, 2020 | No Comments

Our rising pedestrian death toll isn't what prompted the investigation — but could it inadvertently help end it?

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.

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