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Streetsblog California
Commentary: The Street Fight Over SUVs in Paris
What are the implications for San Francisco and other cities around the world?
March 8, 2024
All The Ways That Car Domination Harms Our Communities (Well, Almost All…)
A new study seeks to quantify everything car culture costs us. Yet there are still more ways that auto-centrism hurts us all.
March 5, 2024
Report: Cars Are Undermining Our Privacy, Even If We Don’t Drive
Vehicle technology spying on our most intimate details — and there's pretty much no escaping it.
September 14, 2023
How Your Car is Doubling as a Data Collection Device — And Who’s Profiting
Cars and the infrastructure that support them are spying on all of us. What will it take to keep them in check?
August 8, 2023
Opinion: It’s Time to Embrace ‘Deinfluencing’ Car Culture — and Gen Z Is Leading
“There doesn’t seem to be a lot of honesty anymore [on social media], it seems like a lot of things are run through money,” one social media user said.
February 13, 2023
Opinion: Cars Do More Damage to Business Districts Than Local Officials Admit
The disproportionate number of crashes caused by unlicensed drivers defeat the business-friendly and safety purpose of complete streets, road diets, curb extensions, and other traffic-calming elements to encourage bike- and pedestrian-safe main streets.
October 19, 2022
The Internal Combustion Car Did Us a Favor
Thank the conventional car. It was just awful enough, at just the right moment, to inspire a revolution in land use regulation.
September 21, 2022
NY Considers Requiring Speed Governors on Huge SUVs
Sen. Brad Hoylman introduces what he says is a first-in-the-nation effort to make active safety technology standard on new cars.
August 23, 2022
