Kea Wilson
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America’s Most #ToxicCarAds Are Rolling In; Submit Yours Now
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Last week, we put out our initial call for nominations in our quest to find America's most aggressive, violent, and all-around toxic car commercials. We're still looking for your worst — but we thought some Streetsblog readers could use a little inspiration first.
What the Prop. 22 Court Ruling Could Mean Nationally
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A California ruling that nullified e-taxi companies' ability to deny their workers basic employment protections is just the first step of a nationwide effort to undo such anti-labor laws.
Federal Investigation into Tesla Autopilot Defects Could Pull 765k Cars From U.S. Roads
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And some advocates are wondering whether there might be even more regulation for Elon Musk's brainchild on the horizon, if not the autonomous vehicle industry at large.
Send Us Nominees For the Most Toxic Car Ad!
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Today, we're launching a contest to find the most worst of the bunch — and a starting conversation about the impact that auto advertising has on American culture, as well as our roads and streets.
Study: Success of Drunk Driving Laws is Limited … If Drivers Have No Alternatives
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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.
‘Very Flawed’ Infrastructure Bill Passes Senate, Imperfect Reconciliation Bill Looms
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The massive infrastructure bill that passed the Senate on Tuesday won't meet the challenges of ending climate change and the U.S. traffic violence crisis, leaving core elements of those critical agendas up to a messy House debate, advocates said.
Biden’s Climate Vision is Too Focused on EVs — Again
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Automakers are lining up in support of new fuel economy standards that will speed the transition to electric vehicles — but only if Congress hands billions to Americans to buy their cars.
Advocates Find More Surprises in Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, Amendments
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As the Senate crawls through hundreds of amendments on President Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure bill, advocates are still combing through the text of the so-called Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill — and they’re finding some surprises they hope will motivate advocates to speak out. Senate negotiators caught the advocacy community off guard early on Monday morning when they […]
Active Transportation Advocates See Silver Lining in Infrastructure Bill
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A handful of critical policy changes buried in the bipartisan infrastructure megabill may quietly revolutionize life for people who walk and roll through U.S. cities — especially if it's amended to include other progressive items a House bill.
Visionary Highway Removal Program Virtually Axed from Fed Infrastructure Package
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Advocates are rallying to restore funding for a visionary highway removal program that was all but entirely removed during the bipartisan infrastructure negotiations.
Infrastructure Deal ‘Worst Ratio for Transit Funding Since Nixon’
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Washington is one step closer to passing an infrastructure package that would provide historic funding for transit, and then immediately undercut it with historic funding for drivers.
Study: America’s SUV Spree Spurred Pedestrian-Death Surge
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The safety that drivers feel behind the wheel of an SUV comes at a deadly cost.