Driving
Streetsblog California
Is the ‘Pleasure Drive’ Making a COVID Comeback?
Getting behind the wheel has become "outdoor" recreation during COVID-19.
May 27, 2020
Speeding Isn’t the Only Dangerous Driving Behavior on the Rise During COVID-19
New data suggests that drivers aren't just speeding up on our empty roads — they're also braking harder, scrolling cell phones longer, and crashing more.
May 7, 2020
How Bad Might the Post-Pandemic Carpocalypse Be?
Travel times will rise dramatically — and by as much as 42 minutes each way in San Francisco! — if cities don't encourage residents to return public buses and trains and stay out of their cars when the coronavirus pandemic is over.
May 6, 2020
Car Dependency Helped Build the Modern Nursing Home Landscape. During COVID-19, It’s Killing our Seniors.
The elderly have the highest risk for dying of the novel coronavirus in the U.S. The car-focused world many of them live in just makes it worse.
May 1, 2020
Vehicle Safety Standards Don’t Protect Pedestrians
Federal regulators have failed to consider safety of pedestrians in their vehicle safety standards for far too long— and now the Government Accountability Office is calling them out.
April 29, 2020
Operation Gridlock Protest Brings Around Sixty Drivers to Downtown L.A.
Drivers were outnumbered by a cops and photographers.
April 23, 2020
California Prepares to Shift Planning Focus from Car Delay to Induced Travel
Starting July 1, the California Environmental Quality Act will require projects in California to account for how many new miles of automobile travel they produce, rather than how much congestion they contribute
April 17, 2020
Don’t Let U.S. Driving Levels Rebound After COVID-19
It's happening in China — but it's not inevitable here.
April 17, 2020
Real-Time Data Shows Stay-at-Home Orders May Be Saving Lives in More Ways Than One
"The Governor’s shelter-in-place order may have provided unexpected reductions in injuries and harm from traffic accidents."
April 9, 2020
More Drivers Speeding Under Low-Traffic Conditions Highlights Need for Speed Law Reform
Under COVID-19, fewer drivers on the road means more speeding. Cities need state speed law reforms to ensure that dangerous speeding doesn't outlast the current pandemic.
April 6, 2020
