Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Car Culture

“My Next Vehicle Will Be a Bicycle”

By Jason Varone | Jun 5, 2008 | 16 Comments

Like media outlets everywhere, CNNMoney.com is reporting with greater frequency on rising fuel prices, with headlines like "Six fixes for pricey gasoline" and "Bad news for Detroit: Miles per gallon." In a recent online poll, the financial website asked a question that is surely on the minds of many Americans: "The next vehicle I buy […]

Car Buyers Pick Their Poison: Free Gun or Free Gas

By Streetsblog | Jun 4, 2008 | 15 Comments

With Detroit increasingly desperate to unload inventory, one Missouri car dealership seems to have struck gold with a special promotion: Buyers get a $250 coupon towards either a gun or gasoline. The offer comes from Max Motors, a small dealership south of Kansas City that has slapped the image of a grimacing cowboy wielding two […]

Responding to Criticism, Sen. Adams to Hold Transpo Meeting

By Brad Aaron | May 29, 2008 | 13 Comments

We posted yesterday about proposed legislation by State Senators Eric Adams and Jeff Klein to increase summer driving by suspending tolls on bridges and tunnels, thereby leaving transit riders to pay for their largess. Soon after, Adams constituent Carrie McLaren picked up the news on her neighborhood blog, Hawthorne Street. Now Adams wants to hold […]

Joe Lieberman: Did Someone Say “High Gas Prices”?

By Brad Aaron | May 28, 2008 | 23 Comments

How obsessed is Washington with gas prices? Acting on a Streetsblog post from last week, a reader wrote Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman urging him to support legislation that would bolster funding for Amtrak. In response, Lieberman’s office sent a long, long form letter outlining the many ways the senator is — you guessed it — […]

State Senators: Let’s Get More Cars on the Road

By Ben Fried | May 28, 2008 | 70 Comments

The bad ideas from Albany show no sign of letting up. Just when you thought the push for a state gas tax holiday had died down, State Senators Jeff Klein and Eric Adams — of the Bronx and Brooklyn, respectively — roll out their own version of summertime "relief" for drivers, and it’s a doozy. […]

Chrysler: Let’s Ruin America!

By Aaron Naparstek | May 20, 2008 | 40 Comments

Looks like Chrysler has figured out a novel way to move their 2008 model gas guzzlers off the lot. Sign up for their new "Let’s Refuel America!" credit card and they’ll lock in the price of gas at $2.99/gallon for three years. That’s right, it’s a 36-month guarantee that you don’t have to think about […]

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