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Talking Headways Podcast: Here’s How Cars Cost Us All (Even Non-Drivers!)
It's another standout episode featuring Iowa Law Professor Greg Shill who describes all of the ways that driving is costing and killing out society — and how non-drivers can't even opt out!
April 16, 2020
Let’s Not Overthink This: Opening Streets is Easy, Says Urban Planner Mike Lydon
An urban planner looks at open space and reviews the good, the bad and the ugly among our cities (looking at you, Mayor de Blasio!).
April 16, 2020
We Could Never Afford America’s Highways — Even Before COVID-19
Our system of financing road repairs is broken.
April 13, 2020
BREAKING: Oakland’s 74 Miles of Open Streets Puts de Blasio to Shame
Days after our mayor shut down his own 1.5-mile car-free street pilot, west coast Mayor Libby Schaaf shows how it's done.
April 10, 2020
Friday’s Headlines: Mr. Mayor, Please Stop Belittling Us Edition
Another press conference with Mayor de Blasio, another chance for Hizzoner to mock Streetsblog. Plus all the other news.
April 10, 2020
Our Latest Satire Evokes The Who: Mayor de Blasio is a ‘Car-Loving Monster’
The song, based on The Who's "Pinball Wizard," explores how more and more people are calling for more open space during the coronavirus crisis.
April 9, 2020
Federal Corona Relief Bill Seems Generous To Transit. Don’t Be Fooled — It’s Not.
The top 10 transit systems in America asked for $25 billion They got $10.5 billion. Do the math.
April 8, 2020
DATA DUMP: Total Driving is Down in All Major U.S. Cities
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.
April 6, 2020
Our Latest Satire: Streetsblog’s House Band, The Speeders, Perform ‘All We Get Are Cops!’
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.
April 5, 2020
In Case You Didn’t Realize, But Here’s Why Trump’s Fuel-Economy Rollback is Terrible Policy
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.
April 2, 2020
