David Zipper April 16, 2025 2025, CityLab Why the Best Bike Lanes Always Get Blamed David Zipper April 16, 2025 2025, CityLab Cities must build bike networks — not just lanes
David Zipper March 13, 2025 2025, Fast Company Detroit killed the sedan. Trump’s trade war will make them wish they hadn’t David Zipper March 13, 2025 2025, Fast Company The Big Three’s commitment to car bloat leaves them vulnerable to Trump’s economic chaos
David Zipper December 10, 2024 2024, Slate Giant Cars Are Going Global David Zipper December 10, 2024 2024, Slate American-style car bloat is going global
David Zipper November 26, 2024 CityLab, 2024 In Italy’s Motor City, Car-Free Options Are Growing David Zipper November 26, 2024 CityLab, 2024 Turin, Italy’s automaking hub, is falling out of love with cars
David Zipper October 4, 2024 2024, CityLab What Do US Vehicle Regulators Have Against Tiny Cars? David Zipper October 4, 2024 2024, CityLab American regulators are blocking creative minicars from around the world that are fun, practical, and affordable.
David Zipper September 3, 2024 2024, Vox Electric vehicles are the future. What happens to our gas-guzzling cars? David Zipper September 3, 2024 2024, Vox As rich countries snap up EVs, they could flood the Global South with aged gas guzzlers. That's a problem.
David Zipper July 28, 2024 2024, Slate Will the Autobahn Finally Get Speed Limits? David Zipper July 28, 2024 2024, Slate Germany is having second thoughts about blazing-fast autobahn driving
David Zipper July 2, 2024 2024, CityLab How E-Bikes Won Over Europe David Zipper July 2, 2024 2024, CityLab I spoke with the OECD’s micromobility guru about lessons (and warnings) of Europe’s e-bike boom
David Zipper June 19, 2024 2024, CityLab Austria to ‘Super-Speeders’: We’re Taking Your Car David Zipper June 19, 2024 2024, CityLab In Austria, reckless speeders can have their car seized and sold by the government
David Zipper May 15, 2024 CityLab, 2024 Meet the Montreal Mayor Who Declared War on SUVs David Zipper May 15, 2024 CityLab, 2024 In Montreal, local leaders are using parking fees to fight back against car bloat.
David Zipper November 30, 2023 2023, Other America’s public transit doesn’t have to be this way. It can learn lessons from abroad David Zipper November 30, 2023 2023, Other For the World Economic Forum, I offered a few lessons US transit agencies can learn from abroad
David Zipper October 31, 2023 2023, Vox Why Norway — the poster child for electric cars — is having second thoughts David Zipper October 31, 2023 2023, Vox Norway’s massive EV subsidies have had unintended consequences
David Zipper October 19, 2023 2023, Fast Company Estonia’s capital made mass transit free a decade ago. Car traffic went up. David Zipper October 19, 2023 2023, Fast Company Tallinn, Estonia started offering fare-free transit in 2013. It’s accomplished basically nothing.
David Zipper September 21, 2023 2023, CityLab Secrets of the World’s Coolest Bike Tunnel David Zipper September 21, 2023 2023, CityLab I visited the world’s longest (and perhaps most stunning) bike tunnel, in the Norwegian city of Bergen
David Zipper September 13, 2023 2023, Fast Company This Spanish city has been restricting cars for 24 years. Here’s what we can learn from it David Zipper September 13, 2023 2023, Fast Company 5 lessons from Spain’s car-free pioneer
David Zipper May 25, 2023 2023, CityLab How Amsterdam Made Room for Microcars David Zipper May 25, 2023 2023, CityLab Even the most multimodal cities have something to gain from minicars
David Zipper May 16, 2023 2023, CityLab A Belgian Lesson in Taming the Automobile David Zipper May 16, 2023 2023, CityLab Brussels shows how a car-clogged city can reinvent itself — quickly
David Zipper April 20, 2023 2023, CityLab How the Dutch Mastered Bike Parking at Train Stations David Zipper April 20, 2023 2023, CityLab The enormous bike facilities at Dutch rail stations are impressive — and also strategic
David Zipper January 31, 2023 2023, Slate If You Want a Car This Heavy, You Should Pay Through the Nose David Zipper January 31, 2023 2023, Slate It’s time for weight-based car fees — on electric vehicles as well as gas guzzlers
David Zipper November 3, 2022 2022, CityLab US Traffic Safety Is Getting Worse, While Other Countries Improve David Zipper November 3, 2022 2022, CityLab Why are Americans 2.5x to 4x more likely to die in a crash than those in other rich countries?
