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Biden’s Electric Vehicle Charging Initiative Is Simply Not Going to Solve America’s Car or Climate Problem
President Biden's plan to build a multi-billion dollar network of charging hubs for electric vehicles is misguided, advocates say, because whether the cars are running on fossil fuels or electricity, our nation cannot drive its way out of the climate crisis.
March 24, 2023
What’s Different About the New Federal E-Bike Credit Proposal
A popular proposal for a federal e-bike credit is back in front of Congress — and this time, supporters have hard proof of concept that it will be the emissions-slashing, congestion-cutting, mode-shifting tool that Americans deserve.
March 23, 2023
Talking Headways Podcast: Fixing Mobility as a Service
We chat with David Hensher about the failures of the "Mobility as a Service" concept, which proposed to reduce emissions but uniting disparate transportation modes under a single service.
March 23, 2023
A Deep Dive Into Center-Running Bike Lanes, a Known Infrastructure Failure
In 2016, urban design expert Mikael Colville-Andersen, founder of the Copenhagenize blog, wrote a great post he shouldn't have had to write in the first place, explaining why center-running bike lanes are dangerous and stupid. Given the recent push to repeat this failed design on Valencia, Streetsblog decided to run it here.
March 22, 2023
Parking Reform & People With Disabilities
Practically every day, there's a new headline about a new effort in a U.S. city to reform its autocentric parking policies — and practically every time Streetsblog covers it, we get an email that asks what people with disabilities will do in a world with no accessible parking at all.
March 22, 2023
Traffic Safety Bills Pass First Committee
"Daylighting" intersections, studying weight-based vehicle registration fees, allowing bikes on sidewalks where there's no other safe option
March 21, 2023
The AV Revolution Probably Won’t Revolutionize Parking in Dense Cities
Replacing human drivers with self-driving taxis might not actually remove many space-wasting parking lots from dense American cities, according to a new study that throws doubt onto one of the core arguments in favor of the autonomous vehicle revolution.
March 21, 2023
Study: Why Repealing Helmet Laws Doesn’t Necessarily Decrease Helmet Use
One Washington county’s decision to stop requiring cyclists to wear helmets by law was associated with an increase in helmet use, a new study finds — and that finding could have a major impact for advocates of equitable cycling legislation nationwide.
March 21, 2023
Advocates Push Back Against Valencia Center-Running-Bike-Lane Bait-and-Switch
Let's be clear: center running is worse than nothing
March 20, 2023
Three Things to Know About the National Lithium-Ion Battery Fire ‘Epidemic’
Sustainable transportation advocates are calling for common-sense trade regulations, consumer education, and other reforms to keep prevent fires involving defective lithium-ion batteries — while simultaneously fighting misinformation that threatens to explode into a culture war against electric microbility.
March 20, 2023
