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Streetsblog Cal Mourns Parking Reformer Donald Shoup
Rest in peace, Professor Shoup. Your legacy will live for generations.
February 8, 2025
Opinion: Now Detroit is Selling $75K Pickup Trucks for the Cappuccino Run
Toyota has realized that there are only so many buyers in the market that require massive size and capability for functional purposes. Enter the new Tundra ad, "Cappuccino," the automaker's clear effort at repositioning pickup trucks for the glam set.
May 25, 2022
And America’s Most Toxic Car Ad Is…
... Chevrolet's 2015 ad for its Colorado pickup truck!
November 22, 2021
America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Infiniti vs. Cadillac
When most people think about "family values," they don't usually think about violent driver aggression — unless they've bought into American car culture, that is.
October 21, 2021
America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Child Endangerment Edition
In a rational world, a product that's routinely involved in the deaths and serious injuries of thousands of children every year would be immediately pulled from the market...or at least, maybe kids wouldn't be featured in hundreds of ads.
September 22, 2021
Excellent Uber Ad Distills the Problem With Uber in Crowded Cities
Cars are a clunky tool for moving people through big cities. Even Uber cars.
November 7, 2017
A Swedish Transit Agency Cuts Through the Autonomous Car Hype
The ad uses car commercial cliches — tight shots of a sleek exterior, an overbearing soundtrack — to express a point that doesn’t get made often enough: We already have the technology to address a lot of the problems that self-driving cars purport to solve.
March 29, 2017
Ad Nauseam: Use Any App You Want While Driving — Because Safety!
Here's the latest in wishful thinking about distracted driving. A new application called "Drivemode" wants to make it easier for you to use all your mobile apps while you're behind the wheel -- but don't worry it's safe! Because, at least theoretically, you don't actually have to look at your phone.
October 10, 2014
What If You Behaved Like an Obnoxious Road Hog at the Supermarket?
This PSA, produced by the Norwegian government, does a brilliant job reminding people that the way you act behind the wheel affects everyone around you. Wouldn't it be nice if people observed the same decorum driving a car on city streets as they do pushing a cart in the grocery store aisles?
May 21, 2014