Cars
Opinion: One Less Lane Ought To Fix It
Federal inaction means states must lead on reducing emissions — but their reluctance to reallocate road space for cars may doom climate goals.
December 2, 2025
Friday Video: The Horrors of the Modern High-Tech Car
As more technology wheedles its way into our cars, they get scarier and scarier.
October 31, 2025
Want Safer Vehicles? Amid Federal Inaction, Look to the States
Our federal regulatory framework still lacks essential technology that makes cars, SUVs, and trucks safer. So states are leading.
September 24, 2025
Seattle’s Human Population Is Up, But Its Car Population Isn’t
Urbanists have long been making that case that growth in Seattle is the most climate-friendly and easiest to support with transit and infrastructure. And it's happening.
September 16, 2025
Car Harms Tuesday: Cars Are Just Ugly
New York has always had businesses and people using its streets for work and play. But it hasn’t always had this many cars, and never before have they been this big.
May 27, 2025
Commentary: It’s Nice Not to Worry About the Rising Costs of Cars
Don't you wish you didn't have to think so much about tariffs and what it's going to do to the cost of car ownership?
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March 28, 2025
Trump’s DOT Moves to Scrap Biden-Era Fuel Efficiency Standards
The scourge of car depending means "cleaner" cars alone will do nothing to make transportation more cost-efficient for Americans.
February 1, 2025
‘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
Cost of Transportation Soaring … Because of Cars
Transportation costs have risen by more than 39 percent for the average household in the metro area — and it's because so many households got cars.
October 18, 2024
The Challenge: A Week Without Driving
Streetsblog boardmember Abby Arnold pledges to go without driving for a week, and to tell Streetsblog readers all about it.
September 24, 2024
