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Four Ways ‘Automobility’ Shapes Our Lives — Besides Crashes and Climate
The violence of car culture extends far beyond the obvious outrages of car crashes, pollution, destroyed communities and structural racism, a fascinating new paper argues.
November 16, 2021
Op-Ed: The Troubling Tie Between Big Cars and Pedestrian Deaths
A recent study added to the mountain of evidence that SUVs are worsening America's pedestrian death crisis. Eric Jaffe explores what to do about it.
October 20, 2021
Study: Police Killings of Civilians Undercounted By More Than Half
The number of people killed by police officers in the U.S. has been massively underreported in official statistics over the past four decades, with an additional 17,000 deaths over that period, according to our new research.
October 7, 2021
Study: What’s Behind Partisan Splits Over Transport Reform?
The majority of Americans support transportation reform that would reduce our national dependence on automobiles — but better messaging may be needed to persuade the rest, a new study suggests.
October 4, 2021
Study: How Megacars, More Driving Could Cancel Out EV Gains
Even the most realistic models of the emissions-cutting potential of electric vehicles are still underestimating how much more Americans are likely to drive and their preference for gas-powered megacars, a new study suggests.
September 29, 2021
Study: How We Talk About Racism in Transportation — And Why it Matters
For too long, the rhetoric around active mobility has been deeply rooted in White supremacy, classism, and other intersecting oppressions that violate our fundamental and collective human rights.
September 15, 2021
Study: Success of Drunk Driving Laws is Limited … If Drivers Have No Alternatives
Lowering the threshold for how much a driver can drink before he gets behind the wheel may not actually make our streets safer — at least if communities don’t provide people who imbibe other ways to get around besides driving, a new study suggests.
August 16, 2021
Study: Protected Bike Paths Saved Lives During COVID
COVID sparked a bike boom across America, but the experience from one Virginia city shows that communities should prioritize building more protected bike lanes and off-road cycle tracks, virus or no virus, a new study suggests.
August 10, 2021
Study: Bike Share Saves the U.S. $36 Million Public Health Dollars Every Year
More than 40 percent of the savings accounted for by the study ($15 million) were thanks to the Big Apple alone.
July 23, 2021
Study: Driving to Save Time Just Slows Everyone Down
Researchers have found that making driving more convenient ends up ensuring that a community will be choked by gridlock, and everyone will have a slower trip.
July 6, 2021
