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Multi-Modal Summer Reading

By Anne Lutz Fernandez | Aug 10, 2012 | No Comments

Summer gives permission to set aside serious reading for the refreshment of fluffier stuff. This year, though, several meaningful books on transportation are out that you might want to tuck into your beach bag. Each is that rare thing: a should-read that’s also a want-to-read. Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile by […]

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High Anxiety: Good Parents and Bad Parents on the Road

By Anne Lutz Fernandez | Jun 26, 2012 | No Comments

America’s roads have suddenly become dangerous places for America’s children. At least, that’s what’s suggested by a flurry of viral stories involving kids and cars. In May, an inebriated Florida couple made news when they took their granddaughter for a joy ride, pulling her behind their SUV in a toy car. Then came the story […]

Free Parking: The Agony and the Lunacy

By Ben Fried | Apr 27, 2012 | 38 Comments

A reader passes on this notice, one of many distributed on Park Slope windshields. We present it without further comment.

New A&E Series Mines Reckless NYC Driving for Ratings

By Ben Fried | Apr 11, 2012 | 5 Comments

From the network that brought you “Parking Wars,” the reality TV show about Philadelphia parking scofflaws and the agents who put up with their abuse, comes “Last Chance Driving School,” the reality TV show about student drivers running amok on the streets of Western Queens. Premiering this weekend, the A&E series promises to show viewers […]

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U.S. PIRG Report: Young Americans Dump Cars for Bikes, Buses

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 5, 2012 | No Comments

The U.S. Public Interest Research Group has been crunching the numbers on travel preferences among young Americans — and the news is not good for auto makers. The report — Transportation and the New Generation — is chock-full of nuggets like this: Driving is down: “From 2001 to 2009, the annual number of vehicle miles […]

Open Thread: The Volvo Pedestrian Airbag

By Brad Aaron | Mar 13, 2012 | 15 Comments

I am ambivalent about the Volvo pedestrian airbag, as seen via Laughing Squid. On one hand, it seems like another way for automakers to help people shirk responsibility for how they drive. Plus, as currently designed, it looks like it’s intended to minimize windshield damage as much as anything. On the other hand, it is […]

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