Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Car Culture

Streetfilms: Veronica Moss Goes to Times Square

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Nov 17, 2009 | 5 Comments

She’s back! Veronica Moss, D.C. lobbyist for the Automobile User Trade Organization (A.U.T.O.), recently returned to New York to get her first look at the new, pedestrian-friendly Times Square. Her views may rankle some in the livable streets camp, but we think it’s important to note that some influential people out there just abhor walking, […]

Meet the Obama Administration’s New Clean Energy Loan Man

By Elana Schor | Nov 11, 2009 | No Comments

The Department of Energy (DoE) yesterday chose venture capitalist Jonathan Silver to head up its loan programs, which include $25 billion in loan guarantees for low-emissions cars and $32 billion in loan guarantees for renewable energy projects. Jonathan Silver (Photo: DC Business Journal) Silver may have his work cut out for him on the latter […]

Chrysler: Taking Taxpayer Money and Running Away From Cleaner Cars

By Elana Schor | Nov 11, 2009 | No Comments

(Chart: Chrysler Restructuring Plan) When Chrysler asked the government for a second round of bailout money in February, it submitted a 177-page restructuring plan that vowed to usher in a new era of fuel-efficient vehicles at the famously gas-chugging automaker. The chart above, taken from that restructuring plan, shows six models of electric and hybrid […]

New Report Maps the Gap Between Pedestrian Risks and Federal Safety Aid

By Elana Schor | Nov 9, 2009 | 4 Comments

The top 10 most dangerous cities for pedestrians. (Chart: Dangerous by Design report) If the equivalent of one jumbo jet full of Americans died every month, the resulting public outcry would be deafening. Or would it? Anne Canby, the former Delaware transportation secretary who heads the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership (STPP), raised that question today […]

CNU Transportation Project Raises Bar on Planning for Livable Cities

By Matthew Roth | Nov 5, 2009 | 1 Comment

Photo: npGreenway The Congress for the New Urbanism’s Project for Transportation Reform summit in Portland, Oregon, has brought together transportation engineers, city planners, and transportation reform advocates to share best practice policies for reforming transportation metrics, funding mechanisms, and regional practices that isolate transportation planning from land-use and growth targets. The highlight of the first […]

Advice for Policymakers: Time to Check Your Blind Spots

By Ryan Avent | Oct 27, 2009 | No Comments

Last week, I left my Washington home, walked to the nearby Metro station, rode a train downtown, walked to the National Press Club, and settled in to hear Steven Rattner, former head of the Obama administration’s auto task force, declare that "no one has yet invented a substitute for the automobile." Steven Rattner (Photo: WSJ) […]

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