David Zipper February 12, 2025 Slate, 2025 Don't buy a Tesla. If you have one, sell it. David Zipper February 12, 2025 Slate, 2025 Musk is an enemy of democracy. Stop buying cars from the company he leads.
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 December 3, 2024 2024, Slate Why It’s So Frickin’ Hard to Stop Driving David Zipper December 3, 2024 2024, Slate Typically, commuters are creatures of habit. But under certain circumstances, we’re not.
David Zipper October 2, 2024 2024, Slate There Is No Technology Fix for Car Bloat David Zipper October 2, 2024 2024, Slate The only surefire way to reduce car bloat's harm: Shrink gigantic vehicles
David Zipper August 28, 2024 2024, Slate, Featured How America Can Break Its Highway Addiction David Zipper August 28, 2024 2024, Slate, Featured Here's how the US can kick its wasteful, destructive habit of building ever-wider highways
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 March 26, 2024 Slate, 2024 What Will Happen to Traffic in the Wake of the Baltimore Bridge Collapse? David Zipper March 26, 2024 Slate, 2024 Believe it or not, congestion probably won’t worsen while Baltimore’s Key Bridge is repaired
David Zipper March 19, 2024 2024, Slate TikTok Is Taking a Page From the Uber Playbook David Zipper March 19, 2024 2024, Slate How Uber inspired TikTok’s lobbying strategy.
David Zipper February 6, 2024 2024, Slate A 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us. David Zipper February 6, 2024 2024, Slate Huge cars will destroy guardrails, leaving taxpayers to pay for expensive upgrades.
David Zipper January 23, 2024 2024, Slate Funny Safety Signs Have No Place on Highways David Zipper January 23, 2024 2024, Slate Highway safety puns don’t reduce crashes. The feds are right to discourage them.
David Zipper December 18, 2023 2023, Slate, Featured Why Is Your Car So Big? David Zipper December 18, 2023 2023, Slate, Featured American cars keep growing bigger and heavier — triggering a cascade of problems
David Zipper December 14, 2023 2023, Slate We’re About to Find Out How Dangerous the Cybertruck Really Is David Zipper December 14, 2023 2023, Slate The Cybertruck is recklessly designed — but the feds are powerless to prevent its launch
David Zipper December 5, 2023 Slate, 2023 Important People Are Noticing How Terrible CLEAR Is for Airports David Zipper December 5, 2023 Slate, 2023 Congress is starting to realize how awful CLEAR is for flying — and for society
David Zipper November 9, 2023 2023, Slate There's a Big Problem With Your Car's Tires David Zipper November 9, 2023 2023, Slate For the first time, the federal government is investigating the dangers of tire pollution
David Zipper October 25, 2023 2023, Slate Cruise Control David Zipper October 25, 2023 2023, Slate California ‘s suspension of Cruise’s robotaxi permit is a disaster for the company — and an existential risk for AVs.
David Zipper July 17, 2023 2023, Slate The Safety Dance David Zipper July 17, 2023 2023, Slate AV companies say their tech is essential to ending the crisis in US road safety. I call bulls**t.
David Zipper June 28, 2023 2023, Slate Carry That Weight David Zipper June 28, 2023 2023, Slate SUVs and trucks are getting so enormous that auto haulers struggle to bring them to dealerships
David Zipper June 2, 2023 2023, Slate Meet the Biggest Bike Dork in Congress David Zipper June 2, 2023 2023, Slate Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) explains how Congress can get more Americans to ride two-wheelers
David Zipper May 4, 2023 2023, Slate What’s More Important: Making Mass Transit Better or Making It Free? David Zipper May 4, 2023 2023, Slate The District of Columbia faces a choice: Better transit or free transit?
David Zipper April 26, 2023 2023, Slate The Glorious Return of a Humble Car Feature David Zipper April 26, 2023 2023, Slate Automakers are finalizing realizing that everyone hates car touchscreens
