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DATA DUMP: Total Driving is Down in All Major U.S. Cities

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 6, 2020 | No Comments

Americans are indeed driving less — up to 94 percent less in some places — as the global COVID-19 pandemic keeps people at home, but rural segments of the country are not doing their share to flatten the curve.

Our Latest Satire: Streetsblog’s House Band, The Speeders, Perform ‘All We Get Are Cops!’

By Streetsblog | Apr 5, 2020 | No Comments

Here's our version of The Beatles' "All Together Now" from the perspective of a city that wants more open space — and doesn't think we need so many cops patrolling it.

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In Case You Didn’t Realize, But Here’s Why Trump’s Fuel-Economy Rollback is Terrible Policy

By Kea Wilson | Apr 2, 2020 | No Comments

The president's decision to relax crucial climate change and car-efficiency standards cannot be defended once all the facts are considered, as we do here.

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Talking Headways Podcast: The Demise of Big Oil

By Jeff Wood | Apr 2, 2020 | No Comments

If you listen to no other podcast this week, check out this one with a electric car booster who sees the demise of the entire oil industry on the near horizon!

The newly created open space on Bushwick Avenue is overpoliced. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Mayor’s Answer on His Underwhelming ‘Open Streets’ Plan is Still Underwhelming — As an Army of Cops Enforces Roads

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 27, 2020 | No Comments

The mayor has finally discussed his reasoning behind why he created only 1.5 miles of car-free streets in a city with 6,000 miles of roads — and his failure to provide more open space relates to how he sees open space in general: it's dangerous!

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Uber, Lyft Have Long Screwed Gig Workers with ‘Independent Contractor’ Scam — Now Taxpayers Provide the Bailout

By Kea Wilson | Mar 26, 2020 | No Comments

Taxi apps have a long history of denying workers basic protections. That's blowing up in all our faces right now.

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