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Taxpayers Are Bailing Out Uber and Lyft — Again

Uber and other tech taxi companies pride themselves on disrupting industries — but now taxpayers are bailing them out.

March 26, 2020

Taxpayers Are Bailing Out Uber and Lyft — Again

Here’s How Much U.S. Car Traffic Plunged Last Week

New data reveals that nationwide car traffic dropped 30 percent at the end of last week compared to the same day one month earlier.

March 26, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Coronavirus

COVID-19 Reveals That the Real Cure For Freight Truck Congestion is Fewer Cars

We don't need more roads — we need fewer cars on the existing roads.

March 25, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Coronavirus

Op-Ed: We Need Handwashing Facilities At Every Public Transit Station in America

Public restrooms at transit stops aren't just a COVID-19 issue. They're a transit access issue, a religious rights issue, and a human rights issue.

March 24, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Car crashes

Trump Says COVID-19 Deaths May Be the Price We Pay For A Strong Economy — Just Like Traffic Deaths

It’s bad enough that most Americans think that 40,000 road deaths a year is just the price we pay for the freedom to go wherever we want whenever we want — but now that argument is being used by conservatives who want to abandon the health practices that can help us defeat the coronavirus. President […]

March 24, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Coronavirus

Suburbanization is Not the Answer To COVID-19

Yes, contraction rates are higher in denser cities. No, that doesn't mean that the burbs are any safer — and in some ways, they're worse.

March 24, 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.

March 17, 2020

Streetsblog USA |Car crashes

Lowering Speed Limits Will Help Stop COVID-19

Hospitals are about to be overwhelmed with virus patients. Let's not strain our health care system any more — we need to reduce speed limits now.

March 16, 2020

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