Auto-Free New York: Robert Sullivan: Why Aren’t NYC’s Streets More Walkable?
The monthly meeting of Auto-Free New York will feature remarks by Robert Sullvian, contributing editor to Vogue magazine and author of Rats and Cross Country.
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NHTSA Chief David Strickland Gets Caught in the Revolving Door
By Tanya Snyder |
When David Strickland announced last month that he was stepping down as the head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, he didn’t give any clues about where he might be going. The news came out this week: The nation’s top auto regulator is going to be a lobbyist at a law firm that deals […]
Friday Afternoon Cartoon: T-Rex Nails It on Auto-Centric Urban Design
By Tanya Snyder |
Thank you, Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics, for this righteous and oddly poignant look at the dangers — and drudgery — caused by auto-centric urban design. Bravo, sir. You should get an honorary urban planning degree for this.
Car Dependence and the Troubling Rise of Subprime Auto Loans
By Angie Schmitt |
There have been warning signs about the growth in subprime auto loans for years now. But the issue got some very high-profile attention last week when JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon raised concerns that there may be a bubble in the auto lending market. Since the economic recovery began, lending institutions have actually loosened standards for car loans. The auto […]
Report: The American Auto Fleet Is Shrinking
By Elana Schor |
Could the nation be turning away from its decades-old yen for auto ownership? Americans got rid of more cars than they purchased in 2009, reversing a trend that saw total U.S. vehicles exceed the number of drivers more than 35 years ago, according to a report released today by the Earth Policy Institute (EPI). (Chart: […]
Why Was New York State DMV Live-Tweeting the New York Auto Show?
By Brad Aaron |
First-ever CT6 Cadillac. The brand will leverage its NYC base to market this prestige class auto to some 50 countries pic.twitter.com/IhKOKvX1l6 — NYS DMV (@nysdmv) April 1, 2015 The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles was live-tweeting the New York International Auto Show yesterday. Why would staffers at the government agency charged with regulating motor vehicles and their […]
The Netroots, Brought to You By the Auto Lobby
By Brad Aaron |
We’ve wrung hands before over the seeming disinterest of the "progressive" left in reducing automobile dependence. But it was still a shock to see Daily Kos enshrouded in advertising for Auto Innovation, a project of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. A self-described "leading advocacy group for the automobile industry on a range of public policy […]