Study: Electric Vehicle Pollution Reductions Accrue Mostly to the Rich
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OK, the study was from California, but similar results are popping up all over. The EV revolution isn't about equity.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about pollution
The Brake Podcast: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Roadside Noise Cameras
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Across America, a shocking number of drivers are illegally hacking their cars to be as loud as possible — and evidence is mounting that the phenomenon has a huge impact on public health. But what can cities do about it?
V-DAY SPECIAL: Bigger Cargo Bikes and Last-Mile Warehouse Regulation is a Match Made In Heaven
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A pair of bills in Albany tackle each issue separately — but are a match made in heaven, according to advocates and insiders.
Opinion: It’s Time to Rethink One-Hour Deliveries
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All that ultra-fast delivery, though, comes at a high cost in carbon emissions, traffic congestion, labor, and more. And those negative outcomes have to date gone largely unregulated.
Driving is Normalized Way More Than We Think — With Terrible Ramifications
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People raised in a car-dominated culture are measurably more likely to accept the societal harms and inequities associated with driving than other public health threats — and undoing those powerful double standards will require a profound rewiring of the way we think about the world.
3,000 out of 3,001 Americans Want to Decarbonize Transportation — But Will the GOP Do It?
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By a roughly 3,000-to-1 ratio during the public comment period, Americans support a key Biden administration climate initiative.