Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Car Culture

GM’s Ransom Note to America

By Brad Aaron | Nov 17, 2008 | 30 Comments

With the president-elect, Congress and the current White House divided on how or if American taxpayers should save the domestic auto industry, General Motors is taking its case directly to the public with this video and accompanying web site. More threat than appeal, the message, in a nutshell, is "Do it, or else." On gmfactsandfiction.com, […]

Ad Nauseam: Spare the Toll, Save the Carmaker

By Brad Aaron | Nov 11, 2008 | 5 Comments

Yesterday we noted the auto-centric bias in local media coverage of an expected Ravitch Commission proposal to toll East River bridges as one source of revenue for the cash-strapped MTA. In perusing said coverage, we couldn’t help but notice a second common element. See if you can guess what it is. After the jump: score […]

Pelosi, Reid and Emanuel Push for Carmaker Bailout

By Brad Aaron | Nov 10, 2008 | 27 Comments

Cadillac assembly line replica at the Detroit Historical Museum Over the weekend, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate urged the Bush administration to extend financial aid intended for Wall Street to struggling domestic carmakers, a move that could have the support of President-elect Obama. The Times reports that on Saturday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi […]

Texas Governor Rick Perry Celebrates 18 Lanes of “Freedom”

By Brad Aaron | Oct 30, 2008 | 20 Comments

Texas officials this week marked the opening of new lanes on the Katy Freeway, a stretch of Interstate 10 that runs 40 miles west from downtown Houston. The state has added 20 miles of interior lanes, including 12 miles of HOV lanes, which officials say will eventually be converted to variable-rate HOT use. The rebuilt […]

No Takers for Contest to Make Fun of Walking, Biking, Transit

By Brad Aaron | Oct 27, 2008 | 13 Comments

From the Competitive Enterprise Institute — the Phillip Morris-Amoco-Texaco-Ford-funded activist "think tank" that brought you such informational videos as "Where’s the Warming?" — comes this attack on World Carfree Day. CEI invited YouTube auteurs to submit video responses in a competition for a $100 gas card, but its target audience may not think going car-free […]

Flouting Traffic Laws: The Gateway to Lying to Police

By Ben Fried | Oct 27, 2008 | 4 Comments

Everyone following the blow-by-blow of the presidential race is now familiar with Ashley Todd, the undergrad campaign volunteer who falsely claimed that a black man carved the letter "B" in her face after seeing her McCain bumper sticker. Before Todd’s story was proven to be a total fabrication, her Twitter feed surfaced on the Smoking […]

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