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‘You Barely Hear Our Stories’: Tiffanie Stanfield Fights Hit-and-Run Driving

As the founder of H.A.R.D., Tiffanie Stanfield fights against a traffic violence epidemic with a uniquely high impact on the Black community — and she wants you to join her.

June 22, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Bike/Ped

CDC Revise Awful COVID-19 Commuting Recommendations, But They’re Still Not Great

The Centers for Disease Control is still encouraging financial incentives for single occupancy car commutes — and failing to address the barriers to other modes.

June 4, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Cars

We Can’t Afford a Repeat of the 2009 Auto Bailout

Three members of Congress are pushing the feds to provide financial relief to automakers during COVID-19. That didn't go so well 11 years ago.

May 11, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Cars

CAR ‘SIT-INS’? Drivers Are Drowning Out the Voices of the Most-Vulnerable During COVID-19

The worst thing about the new wave of car "sit-ins" at state capitol buildings is not the cars (though they suck!). It's the feeling that the voices and needs of non-drivers will be ignored because they can't show up during a pandemic.

April 17, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Cars

We Could Never Afford America’s Highways — Even Before COVID-19

Missouri just admitted that it can't maintain all the roads it has. But this is not bad news if we act accordingly.

April 13, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Cars

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

Streetsblog USA |15 Minute Neighborhoods

COVID19 Legacy: The Death of the Avoidable Car Trip?

COVID-19 is requiring us to cut non-essential travel in the short term. It'll be harder to do it in the long term — but it will be worth it.

March 22, 2020

Streetsblog USA |2020 Election

Coronavirus Legacy: No One Should Have to Drive to Vote

It's another corona crisistunity: Ohio's decision to cancel its primary shows the need to improve remote voting, during a public health crisis or not.