Car Harms
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Is This the Death of the Walkable School District?
Election Day could bring the demise of a great American school day tradition.
November 5, 2025
Car Harms: The Physical and Mental Health Effects of Noise and the Lessening of Social Values
Cities aren’t noisy, cars are. And we need to fix that if we are to retain our sanity, says one of the leading scholars in her final piece.
November 4, 2025
OPINION: ‘Summer Streets’ Shows That Car-Free Roads Give Kids the Independence They Need
A 9-year-old shares his experience of riding on DOT’s Summer Streets by himself.
September 3, 2025
Car Harms Monday: Why Driving is Bad for Business, Household Wealth and Community Prosperity in 8 Images
In the latest entry in our car harms series, an economist shows why car dependency is actually bad for business.
June 23, 2025
Car Harms Monday: So Dominant That You Don’t Even Notice You’re Being Inconvenienced for Them
Our cities were not made for this onslaught.
June 16, 2025
Car Harms Monday: Cars Make Us More Lonely
The specter of road violence keeps people from interacting. And you can blame cars for that.
June 9, 2025
Car Harms Monday: ‘Gridlock Sam’ Says We Have Lost Our Lives to the Automobile
Take it from the former head of the city's Department of Traffic: If we restore valuable public space to the people, the result will be a healthier, happier, and more humane city.
June 2, 2025
Car Harms Tuesday: Cars Are Just Ugly
New York has always had businesses and people using its streets for work and play. It hasn’t always had this many cars, and never before have they been this big.
May 27, 2025
Car Harms Monday: Machines Took Over Cities and Left Humans in the Dust
There isn't enough physical space for every single household to store its fleet of personal vehicles in front of the home, nor is there space for everyone to drive at the same time. So let's fix that.
May 19, 2025
Car Harms Monday: ‘Car Brain’ is the Demon Spawn of Car Dependency
Our policies, our budgets and our cultural narratives assume everyone can and does drive. That's car brain.
May 12, 2025
