Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Joe Biden

Advocates to Biden: There’s A Better Way to Address Rising Gas Prices

By Kea Wilson | Nov 29, 2021 | No Comments

Sustainable transportation advocates are sending a clear message to Washington: the best way to address rising gas prices is to cut oil demand, not increase supply.

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Dear Joe: The Electric Hummer is Not the Future

By Kea Wilson | Nov 21, 2021 | No Comments

An open letter to the American president that his constant cheerleading for electric mega-cars is not only a bad look, but bad policy.

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Study: How Megacars, More Driving Could Cancel Out EV Gains

By Kea Wilson | Sep 30, 2021 | No Comments

Even the most realistic models of the emissions-cutting potential of electric vehicles are still underestimating how much more Americans are likely to drive and their preference for gas-powered megacars, a new study suggests.

The portal to the future Gateway tunnel being constructed at Hudson Yards in the west 30s in 2014. Photo: MTA/Patrick Cashin

OPINION: Biden Should Link Gateway Program and Climate Goals

By Bob Previdi, Mysore Nagaraja and Howard Sackel | Sep 10, 2021 | No Comments

The $30-billion Northeast Corridor investment could force the integration of regional rail — and lead to much less driving and flying.

(from left) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Mayor de Blasio and Sen. Chuck Schumer talk to a Queens flood victim. Photo: Michael Appleton / Mayoral Photography Office

Tuesday’s Headlines: Damage Control Edition

By Streetsblog | Sep 7, 2021 | No Comments

President Biden will tour flood-damaged areas of Queens today, one day after the White House announced that federal aid will help victims — but Mayor de Blasio (or was it AOC) getting cursed out was Monday's big story. Plus all the other news.

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Biden’s Climate Vision is Too Focused on EVs — Again

By Kea Wilson | Aug 7, 2021 | No Comments

Automakers are lining up in support of new fuel economy standards that will speed the transition to electric vehicles — but only if Congress hands billions to Americans to buy their cars.

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