David Zipper March 22, 2023 2023, Slate The Planet Can Do Better Than the Electric Car David Zipper March 22, 2023 2023, Slate At long last, environmental groups are pushing for less driving
David Zipper February 17, 2023 2023, Slate The Massive Tesla Recall Isn't Just Elon Musk's Fault David Zipper February 17, 2023 2023, Slate NHTSA needs to update its regs for the era of autonomous driving
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 January 10, 2023 Slate, 2023 Elon Musk Went From Being Like Henry Ford in a Good Way to a Bad Way David Zipper January 10, 2023 Slate, 2023 The rhyming history of bigoted, self-destructive car tycoons
David Zipper December 20, 2022 2022, Slate Annoyed With Clear, the Company That Fast-Tracks Its Customers Through Airports? David Zipper December 20, 2022 2022, Slate Why CLEAR shouldn’t be profiting by letting customers cut the line at airport security
David Zipper December 8, 2022 2022, Slate Self-Driving Taxis Are Causing All Kinds of Trouble in San Francisco David Zipper December 8, 2022 2022, Slate San Francisco’s struggle to manage robotaxis are a warning for other cities
David Zipper November 7, 2022 Slate, 2022 The Car Safety Feature That Kills the Other Guy David Zipper November 7, 2022 Slate, 2022 It’s a problem when a “safe car” means “bigger car.”
David Zipper August 31, 2022 2022, Slate Car Companies Are Making a Deadly Mistake With Electric Vehicles David Zipper August 31, 2022 2022, Slate There shouldn’t be a tradeoff between EV adoption and road safety. But we’re at risk of creating one.
David Zipper August 15, 2022 2022, Slate Green Technology David Zipper August 15, 2022 2022, Slate What if the future of transportation involves fewer self-driving cars, and more golf carts?
David Zipper July 29, 2022 Slate, 2022 There’s a Maddening Omission in the Senate Climate Bill David Zipper July 29, 2022 Slate, 2022 It makes no sense to offer $7,500 off a $80,000 e-SUV while scrapping the proposed e-bike tax credit.
David Zipper July 4, 2022 2022, Slate Joe Biden’s Misguided Plan to Lower Gas Prices David Zipper July 4, 2022 2022, Slate Instead of a counterproductive gas tax “holiday,” let’s reduce gasoline demand
David Zipper June 14, 2022 2022, Slate Traffic Safety Ads Are Better at Making Puns Than Saving Lives David Zipper June 14, 2022 2022, Slate Do roadway safety campaigns actually save lives?
David Zipper May 18, 2022 2022, Slate Crash Course David Zipper May 18, 2022 2022, Slate Why do so many articles about crashes read like they’re written by a car?
David Zipper February 8, 2022 2022, Slate The Incredibly Obvious Way to Reduce Road Deaths That Goes Ignored David Zipper February 8, 2022 2022, Slate Shifting car trips toward transit can save lives.
David Zipper January 27, 2022 2022, Slate Traffic Deaths Are Way Up. What’s Pete Buttigieg Going to Do About It? David Zipper January 27, 2022 2022, Slate I interview DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg about his plan to halt the surge in traffic deaths
David Zipper January 6, 2022 2022, Slate Stop Obsessing Over Dutch and Danish Bike Lanes David Zipper January 6, 2022 2022, Slate Idealizing European infrastructure won’t make North American cities any less dependent on cars.
David Zipper October 22, 2021 2021, Slate The Anger of Tesla Fans Is Becoming a Problem David Zipper October 22, 2021 2021, Slate The online fury over Missy Cummings joining NHTSA shows how hard — and how important — reining in Tesla’s recklessness will be.
David Zipper September 21, 2021 2021, Slate What if Congress Helped Bicyclists, and Not Drivers, for Once? David Zipper September 21, 2021 2021, Slate House Democrats finally want to provide tax breaks to cyclists, not just car drivers.
David Zipper September 7, 2021 2021, Slate The Screen in Your Car Is Beckoning David Zipper September 7, 2021 2021, Slate Infotainment systems are growing more complex — and creating new risks to road safety
David Zipper August 20, 2021 2021, Slate The First Step Toward Protecting Everyone Else From Teslas David Zipper August 20, 2021 2021, Slate The federal investigation into Tesla Autopilot focuses on safety of people outside the car. That’s a big deal.
