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Buttigieg Hates ‘Murderous’ Human Drivers — But AVs Aren’t The Answer
In shilling for the AV industry, the U.S. Transportation Secretary is succumbing to a fallacy that the goal of reducing car crash deaths and serious injuries is the same as ending them completely.
October 27, 2022
Opinion: Cars Do More Damage to Business Districts Than Local Officials Admit
The disproportionate number of crashes caused by unlicensed drivers defeat the business-friendly and safety purpose of complete streets, road diets, curb extensions, and other traffic-calming elements to encourage bike- and pedestrian-safe main streets.
October 26, 2022
OPINION: Use Speed Cameras to Change Drivers’ Behavior
Combined with other interventions, the devices could have an even greater role in traffic calming post-pandemic.
October 25, 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
Commentary: NY Times Gives Forum to California’s Discredited, High-Speed-Rail-Hating Hack
California's infamous, Whac-A-Mole reporter who hates everything on rails pops up again — this time in a supposedly credible outlet.
October 14, 2022
Opinion: E-Bike Charging Stations in Former Newstands Won’t Get it Done
October 11, 2022
The Day I Was Hit By a Driver Changed My Life, And My City, Forever
October 5, 2022
OPINION: To Defeat the New Electric Dodge Muscle Cars, Amp Up Sound Cameras
The Charger Daytona SRT Banshee is being pitched as a big, fat thumb in the eye of "authority." Well, authority needs to stick a thumb back.
September 28, 2022
AM Carroll: ‘I’m Willing to Take the Heat’ to Support Congestion Pricing
Car ownership is up, transit use is down, and for-hire vehicles and delivery trucks clog our streets like never before. If done correctly, congestion pricing can make New York City more livable, and fund public transportation. If done incorrectly, it risks being a regressive form of taxation with limited benefits.
September 27, 2022
Opinion: Amtrak Must Restore Adirondack Service Now!
Amtrak cut service during the pandemic, but restoring it has been difficult owing to labor shortages exacerbated by layoffs, retirements and Covid outbreaks among staff.
September 26, 2022
