Truck Deaths Are Up 71% — Will NHTSA Require New Tech?
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Will U.S. regulators let thousands of U.S. residents die preventable deaths just to save fleet operators a few dollars?
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Trucks
Why It’s So Hard to Import Small Trucks That Are Less Lethal to Pedestrians
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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.
NTSB Chair on Vision Zero and the Safety Problems of Heavy EVs
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"We have to be careful that we aren’t also creating unintended consequences: more death on our roads."
Essay: Sarah Langenkamp Shouldn’t Have Died Because She Loved Biking
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"We can certainly turn around our deadly trends. Sarah, other victims, and so many families mourning this holiday season deserve at least as much."
Opinion: The Real Reason Why Americans Keep Buying SUVs
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Urbanists often see SUV purchases as an unnecessarily individualistic expression of decadence, but perhaps we might start to see this reaction as a personal strategy to mitigate a developmental priority that promotes exclusivity.
How Surging Pickup and SUV Sales Are Undermining Carbon Reductions From EVs
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In spite of rapidly growing sales, EVs have not yet measurably cut carbon. The reason why? A lack of meaningful regulations around megacars.