Can An App That Pays Americans to Walk Get Them To Leave Their Cars At Home?
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Its creator is optimistic that the app has the potential to get Americans walking — or at least, to get them talking about why walking matters.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Technology
How Tech Billionaires are Threatening America’s Transportation Future
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Author Paris Marx reveals exactly what's wrong with the fantasies of some of the most prominent transportation tech "visionaries" of our time, and draws a blueprint for a better mobility system based on serving the needs of the many.
Six Arguments Against ‘Speed Limiting’ Technology — And How to Quash Them
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Today on The Brake, we asked mobility researcher David Zipper to give us a breakdown of the most common speed-limiting technologies available today, and to share how he responds to six of the most common concerns about them — from the valid to the downright silly.
Talking Headway Podcast: Why Tech Won’t Save Transportation
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Uber may become more like a conventional taxi service, but it has permanently screwed workers.
Three GOP Senators Want to Protect Motorists’ Right to Drive Drunk
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A new bill from three Senate Republicans would repeal a law that aimed to end drunk driving.
Opinion: Stop Trusting Elon Musk — on Tunnels, on Teslas, on Everything
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Unfortunately, it needs to be said again: It’s time to set aside Musk’s BS and focus on solutions we know will work: reducing the negative externalities of driving by reducing vehicle miles traveled—not substituting one engine for another or replacing drivers with a computer.