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‘Rage Against the Machine’: The Daily Toll of Cars in 18 Images
In this excerpt from "The Architecture of Urbanity: Designing for Nature, Culture, and Joy," author Vishaan Chakrabarti gives a powerful visual breakdown of how car dependency impacts our places.
October 22, 2024
Walk this Way: Feds Finally Want Car Safety Standards to Apply to People Outside the Vehicle
In the midst of a two-decade rise, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed new rules to "reduce fatalities among pedestrians."
September 10, 2024
There Is A Pedestrian Injury and Death Crisis Going On
So far this year, 55 pedestrians have been killed and more than 4,000 injured. That's a health crisis.
June 20, 2024
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 7, 2023
‘Disgraceful’: Adams Administration’s Failure to Reach Bus Lane Requirement Angers Bus Riders
“The fact that they barely got over half of the way there, that’s disgraceful. To me, that means that they didn’t try,” said one passenger.
January 9, 2023
Opinion: Fully EV Car Share is Crucial for Lowering Emissions and Congestion
Combining the carsharing model with electric vehicles and public charging can provide New Yorkers with an affordable and sustainable transportation option when personal car trips are necessary.
January 5, 2023
EXCLUSIVE: City to Launch Long-Overdue Traffic Study for Congested DUMBO
Any objective study would show what we all know to be true: that cars are the true culprit.
November 14, 2022
Opinion: Whose Child Will Be Killed on a Stroad?
We can’t keep using the places that poor people live in as highways for wealthier people to move through quickly.
October 23, 2022
Bogotá Tries to Make Congestion Pricing Flexible and Equitable
Congestion pricing is one of the most common-sense tools for creating a more efficient transportation system if implemented properly. Here's how.
October 17, 2022
Why the Rent Is Too Damn High: The Suburbs Aren’t Growing

October 10, 2022