Karen E. Lund 💙💛Apr 23, 2025

Staten Islanders Fight To Keep Park Car-free
Politicians believe cars will make the park safer, but the opposite is the case.
Kevin Duggan | #Streetsblog | April 18, 2025

The Adams administration must abandon its rushed move to return motor vehicle traffic to a narrow two-lane road cutting through Silver Lake Park on Staten Island's north shore. The road has been a car-free space for walking and biking since the earliest days of the pandemic.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/04/18/staten-islanders-fight-to-keep-park-car-free

Staten Islanders Fight To Keep Park Car-free - Streetsblog New York City

Politicians believe cars will make the park safer, but the opposite is the case.

nixFeb 23, 2025

I might as well set up a script to just post every Kea article here. Another banger, this time about city-to-city bus routes.

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2025/02/20/is-the-intercity-bus-about-to-have-its-big-moment

#bus #buses #streetsblog #urbanism

Is the Intercity Bus About To Have Its Big Moment? — Streetsblog USA

Intercity bus had an unexpectedly strong year — and some analysts think even greater things are on the horizon.

Lee 🌏Jul 29, 2024
USA has no chance of decarbonising transport because nobody wants to talk about reducing the number of vehicles on the road.
#USpol #climatechange #StreetsBlog #ClimateAction #EV https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/07/29/feds-warns-congress-that-americans-need-to-drive-less-to-survive-climate-change
Feds Warns Congress That Americans Need to Drive Less to Survive Climate Change — Streetsblog USA

"The U.S. will not be able to decarbonize the transportation sector without addressing increased demand," a recent DOT report wrote.

Lee 🌏May 15, 2024

Little ‘Radical’ Cyclists Invade Oakland

Some Oakland motorists may have been slightly delayed Saturday by hordes of children having fun biking around
#StreetsBlog #Cycling #Bike #BikeTooter #Oakland
https://sf.streetsblog.org/2024/05/13/little-radical-cyclists-invade-oakland

Little 'Radical' Cyclists Invade Oakland - Streetsblog San Francisco

Some Oakland motorists may have been slightly delayed Saturday by hordes of children having fun biking around Lake Merritt

Julian West🦞Jan 17, 2024
@Phil @TheWarOnCars one of the streetsblog podcasts? #streetsblog
Lee 🌏Dec 3, 2023
Wonderful from #StreetsBlog
#Cybertruck #ElonMusk #Tesla #TheWarOnCars https://usa.streetsblog.org/2023/12/02/how-to-build-a-car-that-kills-people-cybertruck-edition
How To Build a Car That Kills People: Cybertruck Edition — Streetsblog USA

The Cybertruck represents a lot of what's wrong with the U.S. transportation system — even as it purports to address those problems.

BarbChamberlainNov 26, 2023
Auto ads sell a mythical world of open roads and all the speed the vehicle can produce. But we don't allow cigarette ads any more because we know smoking causes cancer. We know speed causes death on impact. Is it (past) time to regulate auto ads? Kea Wilson in Streetsblog: https://usa.streetsblog.org/2023/11/22/fed-panel-wants-to-confront-the-role-of-aggressive-auto-advertising-in-u-s-road-deaths
#CarCulture #RoadSafety #DriverNotCar #CrashNotAccident #transportation #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #KeaWilson #StreetsBlog #BikeTooter #walking #SafetyOverSpeed
Fed Panel Wants to Confront the Role of Aggressive Auto Advertising in U.S. Road Deaths — Streetsblog USA

A horrific car crash that killed nine has safety officials calling for curtailing the aggressive car ads that may inspire motorists to hit the gas.

Lee 🌏Nov 14, 2023
Passing a safety test for pedestrians should be a requirement for any vehicle being sold. #StreetsBlog #TheWarOnCars
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2023/11/14/mega-car-crisis-suvs-kill-pedestrians-but-so-do-blunt-fronted-sedans-study-says
MEGA-CAR CRISIS: SUVs Kill Pedestrians, But So Do Blunt-Fronted Sedans, Study Says — Streetsblog USA

Even shorter cars are 26 percent more likely to kill a pedestrian in a crash if they have the SUV-style blunt-faced design, a new study finds.

MobilityMaineNov 11, 2023
Gorham Connector, Maine is on the "Highway Boondoggles 2023" list. "This Year’s Poster Children for Bad Projects" List. Cost: $220 million-$240 million. A proposed new six-mile toll road threatens to worsen traffic and exacerbate urban sprawl even as local residents call for investment in rail and bus rapid transit options."
The list is created annually by #U.S. Public Interest Research Group #Streetsblog #MaineTurnpike #Maine #PublicTransport #cardependency #fuckcars https://pirg.org/resources/highway-boondoggles/
Highway Boondoggles

Year after year, state and local governments propose billions of dollars’ worth of new and expanded highways that often do little to reduce congestion or address real transportation challenges, while diverting scarce funding from infrastructure repairs and key transportation priorities.

U.S. PIRG Education Fund
Lee 🌏Sep 4, 2023
Of course they do because the #Republican party doesn't give a shit if people live or die. It will be East Palestine train crash all over again, many times over. #Uspolitics #Streetsblog
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2023/08/31/the-gop-wants-to-ban-speed-limiters-on-deadly-big-rigs
GOP Pols Want to Ban Speed Limiter Requirements on Deadly Big Rigs — Streetsblog USA

High-speed truck crashes are soaring – so why are lawmakers fighting against long-proven technology to stop them?