Megacar Crisis
Basics
Study: Find Out Exactly How Much More Likely a Tall Car Is To Kill You
Mammoth SUVs and pickups are more likely to kill pedestrians — but the danger isn't shared equally between models or walkers.
January 31, 2024
Study: Yes, SUVs Are Deadlier Than Cars — But on Fast Arterials, Pedestrians Die No Matter What
In car-dependent Tennessee, SUVs and pick-ups aren't driving the pedestrian death surge — because roads are so fast that even the smallest cars will kill anyone they might strike.
October 25, 2023
How Communities Can Fight Back Against Ever-Larger Cars and Trucks
What can cities do to stem the megacar crisis while the feds drag their feet?
August 9, 2023
Now Is The Time To Speak Up For Safer Vehicles
Pedestrian deaths set a 41 year record in the U.S. last year. Here are five ways you can take action to stop the bloodshed right now.
July 10, 2023
Report Provides More Reasons to Rein in Supersized SUVs (As If You Needed More)
"This is a nationwide crisis, but the federal government refuses to take the necessary regulatory steps to limit vehicle size and weight," Transportation Alternatives says in a new report.
June 26, 2023
Opinion: Why We Should Stop Using the Word ‘Micromobility’
"SUVs, pick-up trucks, and passenger cars should not be the benchmark by which we judge the size of other forms of transit, and the term ‘micromobility’ encourages us to believe that they are."
June 12, 2023
Two Massacres in Texas — One With a Car, One With a Gun — Reveal Two Sides of the Culture of Violence
Two eerily similar mass killings in Texas had very different coverage. One involved a gun. The other, a car.
May 10, 2023
Why It’s So Hard to Import Small Trucks That Are Less Lethal to Pedestrians
A rise in rural Americans buying miniature trucks from Japan that meet their needs better than U.S. megacars is renewing calls for Congress to make it easier to buy smaller, safer vehicles from overseas — at least while U.S. automakers refuse to produce them here.
May 1, 2023
Chevy to Discontinue One of the Only Electric Sedans on the Market
Just days after the Chevy Bolt was announced as one of just two small-ish electric cars eligible for federal EV tax credits, General Motors says it will discontinue its top-selling green model by the end of the year.
April 27, 2023
Biden’s ‘EV Revolution’ Will Pay Americans to Drive Some Really Dangerous Cars
The government is poised to pay Americans to buy big electric cars that 1) are known to be more dangerous, 2) that require a maximum amount of exploitative and destructive mineral extraction, and 3) will disproportionately benefit the wealthiest Americans. Mission accomplished.
April 17, 2023
