David Zipper April 18, 2023 2023, Fast Company Undoing Bikeshare’s Original Sin David Zipper April 18, 2023 2023, Fast Company Bikeshare is fantastic for society. So why are cities so resistant to subsidizing it?
David Zipper March 30, 2023 2023, CityLab Transit Is Great — But It’s Not a Public Good David Zipper March 30, 2023 2023, CityLab Fare-free transit advocates need to reexamine one of their core arguments.
David Zipper March 27, 2023 2023, Vox, Featured How to save America’s public transit systems from a doom spiral David Zipper March 27, 2023 2023, Vox, Featured Transit must focus on quality service that replaces car trips — and avoid distractions.
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 March 1, 2023 2023, CityLab Gen Z’s Turn Against Driving Is a Mirage David Zipper March 1, 2023 2023, CityLab Generational preferences cannot overcome decades of car-dependent development
David Zipper February 24, 2023 2023, Fast Company The Blatant Greenwashing of SUVs David Zipper February 24, 2023 2023, Fast Company For decades, carmakers have tried to convince us that SUVs and nature go hand in hand. They don’t.
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 February 9, 2023 CityLab, 2023 How E-Bike Rebates Will Make Cycling Safer David Zipper February 9, 2023 CityLab, 2023 Want safer streets? Convince your city to offer e-bike rebates.
David Zipper February 8, 2023 Fast Company, 2023 Self-driving Cars Would Be a Climate Disaster David Zipper February 8, 2023 Fast Company, 2023 Autonomous vehicles would be terrible for the planet— no matter how efficient their computers become
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 12, 2023 2023, CityLab Indianapolis Gets Serious About Car Crash Investigations David Zipper January 12, 2023 2023, CityLab Indianapolis seeks to address the root causes of fatal crashes — and not just find someone to blame
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 January 4, 2023 2023, The Atlantic Electric Vehicles Are Bringing Out the Worst in Us David Zipper January 4, 2023 2023, The Atlantic Electric cars don’t need to be overpowered behemoths
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 13, 2022 2022, CityLab Tiny Cars, Big Opportunity David Zipper December 13, 2022 2022, CityLab Let us sing the praise of weird and wonderful minicars
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 December 5, 2022 2022, The Verge Why automating trucking is harder than you think David Zipper December 5, 2022 2022, The Verge My interview with author/professor Karen Levy about the future of trucking, autonomous or otherwise
David Zipper December 1, 2022 2022, CityLab The Case for Guerrilla Crosswalks David Zipper December 1, 2022 2022, CityLab Frustrated citizen activists are painting their own crosswalks. Good for them.
David Zipper November 8, 2022 2022, Fast Company Why cracking down on e-bikes is the wrong response to recent battery fires David Zipper November 8, 2022 2022, Fast Company My exploration of the often-misunderstood problem of “e-bike fires.”
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.”
