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September 24, 2024
2024, Fast Company
David Zipper
Why car companies might finally have to care ...

In the name of safety, NHTSA wants to require carmakers to moderate their gigantic designs. Good.

Why car companies might finally have to care about pedestrian safety
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
This Spanish city has been restricting cars for 24 years. Here’s what we can learn from it

5 lessons from Spain’s car-free pioneer

Source: This Spanish city has been restricting cars for 24 years. Here’s what we can learn from it

Tagged: Urban Policy, Safety, International

David Zipper
September 7, 2023
2023, CityLab

Rethinking Roadkill

David Zipper
September 7, 2023
2023, CityLab
Rethinking Roadkill

I spoke with Bel Goldfarb about his new book: Crossings, How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-09-07/can-we-make-roads-and-highways-less-lethal-to-wildlife

Tagged: Highways, Climate, Books

David Zipper
August 28, 2023
2023, CityLab

The Kingdom of Golf Carts

David Zipper
August 28, 2023
2023, CityLab
The Kingdom of Golf Carts

The Georgia suburb of Peachtree City is full of golf carts — and residents love them.

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2023-golf-cart-kingdom/?srnd=businessweek-v2

Tagged: Minicars, Urban Policy

David Zipper
August 15, 2023
2023, CityLab

How Bad Has Ride-Hailing Been for Cities?

David Zipper
August 15, 2023
2023, CityLab
How Bad Has Ride-Hailing Been for Cities?

Critics say Uber has been a disaster for cities. Is that fair?

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-12/america-s-fastest-growing-city-is-embracing-yellowstone-mania

Tagged: Urban Policy, Ridehail, Books

David Zipper
August 9, 2023
2023, The Atlantic

The Fight Against Robotaxis in San Francisco

David Zipper
August 9, 2023
2023, The Atlantic
The Fight Against Robotaxis in San Francisco

Like cars a century ago, robotaxis could transform urban America. We should think long and hard before letting that happen.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/robotaxis-san-francisco-self-driving-car/674956/

Tagged: Autonomous Vehicles, Urban Policy, State Policy

David Zipper
August 7, 2023
CityLab, 2023

How College Students Can Help Save Public Transit

David Zipper
August 7, 2023
CityLab, 2023
 How College Students Can Help Save Public Transit

Transit agencies and colleges have new reasons to collaborate — and they should.

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-07/the-power-of-free-transit-passes-for-college-students

Tagged: Transit

David Zipper
July 19, 2023
2023, The Atlantic

EVs Are Sending Toxic Tire Particles into the Water, Soil, and Air

David Zipper
July 19, 2023
2023, The Atlantic
EVs Are Sending Toxic Tire Particles into the Water, Soil, and Air

Tire pollution is already harming wildlife and human health. Heavy, overpowered EVs will make the problem worse.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/07/electric-vehicles-tires-wearing-out-particulates/674750/

Tagged: Climate, Cars, Federal Policy, Tires, Electric Cars, Car Bloat

David Zipper
July 17, 2023
2023, Slate

The Safety Dance

David Zipper
July 17, 2023
2023, Slate
The Safety Dance

AV companies say their tech is essential to ending the crisis in US road safety. I call bulls**t.

Source: https://slate.com/technology/2023/07/cruise-autonomous-vehicles-safety-waymo-self-driving-cars-ad-new-york-times.html

Tagged: Autonomous Vehicles, Safety

David Zipper
July 12, 2023
2023, CityLab

Repairing the Roads That Were Built to Divide

David Zipper
July 12, 2023
2023, CityLab
Repairing the Roads That Were Built to Divide

I spoke with Veronica Davis about her new book, Inclusive Transportation

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-07-12/transportation-planning-grapples-with-race-and-inequality

Tagged: Equity, Urban Policy, Street Design, Books

David Zipper
July 7, 2023
CityLab, 2023

The Untapped Power of E-Bike Rebates

David Zipper
July 7, 2023
CityLab, 2023
The Untapped Power of E-Bike Rebates

E-bike rebates are fantastic. So why do cities and states make it so hard to get one?

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-07/release-the-e-bike-rebates

Tagged: Bikes, State Policy, Urban Policy, Climate, E-bikes

David Zipper
June 28, 2023
2023, Slate

Carry That Weight

David Zipper
June 28, 2023
2023, Slate
Carry That Weight

SUVs and trucks are getting so enormous that auto haulers struggle to bring them to dealerships

Source: https://slate.com/business/2023/06/electric-vehicles-auto-haulers-weight-capacity-roads.html

Tagged: Safety, Federal Policy, Trucking, Electric Cars, Car Bloat

David Zipper
June 14, 2023
2023, Fast Company

It’s time to ban ‘right-on-red’

David Zipper
June 14, 2023
2023, Fast Company
It’s time to ban ‘right-on-red’

Right-on-Red needlessly endangers anyone walking or biking. Let’s end it.

Source: https://www.fastcompany.com/90908929/its-time-for-a-nationwide-ban-of-right-on-red

Tagged: Safety, Urban Policy, Federal Policy, State Policy

David Zipper
June 2, 2023
2023, Slate

Meet the Biggest Bike Dork in Congress

David Zipper
June 2, 2023
2023, Slate
Meet the Biggest Bike Dork in Congress

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) explains how Congress can get more Americans to ride two-wheelers

Source: https://slate.com/technology/2023/06/earl-blumenauer-bicycles-interview-congress-ebikes.html

Tagged: Bikes, Federal Policy, E-bikes

David Zipper
June 1, 2023
2023, The Atlantic

Biden Is Ignoring the Menace of Mega-EVs

David Zipper
June 1, 2023
2023, The Atlantic
Biden Is Ignoring the Menace of Mega-EVs

President Biden and USDOT are ignoring the growing menace of oversized EVs

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/large-electric-vehicles-road-safety-crashes/674249/

Tagged: Federal Policy, Safety, Climate, Electric Cars, Car Bloat

David Zipper
May 25, 2023
2023, CityLab

How Amsterdam Made Room for Microcars

David Zipper
May 25, 2023
2023, CityLab
How Amsterdam Made Room for Microcars

Even the most multimodal cities have something to gain from minicars

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-25/inside-the-mysteries-of-amsterdram-s-microcars

Tagged: International, Urban Policy, Minicars

David Zipper
May 16, 2023
2023, CityLab

A Belgian Lesson in Taming the Automobile

David Zipper
May 16, 2023
2023, CityLab
A Belgian Lesson in Taming the Automobile

Brussels shows how a car-clogged city can reinvent itself — quickly

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-05-16/from-traffic-choked-brussels-a-model-for-driving-less?srnd=citylab-transportation

Tagged: International, Urban Policy, Bikes, Street Design

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
What’s More Important: Making Mass Transit Better or Making It Free?

The District of Columbia faces a choice: Better transit or free transit?

Source: https://slate.com/business/2023/05/dc-free-busses-metro-k-street-transitway.html

Tagged: Urban Policy, Transit, Equity

David Zipper
May 2, 2023
2023, CityLab

A Plea for Rethinking America’s Parking Addiction

David Zipper
May 2, 2023
2023, CityLab
A Plea for Rethinking America’s Parking Addiction

I spoke with Henry Grabar, author of Paved Paradise, about why US parking policy is such a mess

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-05-02/a-plea-to-unleash-the-power-of-parking-reform

Tagged: Urban Policy, Cars, Books

David Zipper
April 27, 2023
2023, CityLab

Anatomy of an ‘American Transit Disaster’

David Zipper
April 27, 2023
2023, CityLab
Anatomy of an ‘American Transit Disaster’

Policymakers — not just cars — played a central role in the decline of US transit

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-04-27/chronicling-of-the-collapse-of-public-transit-in-the-us

Tagged: Transit, History, Books

David Zipper
April 26, 2023
2023, Slate

The Glorious Return of a Humble Car Feature

David Zipper
April 26, 2023
2023, Slate
The Glorious Return of a Humble Car Feature

Automakers are finalizing realizing that everyone hates car touchscreens

Source: https://slate.com/business/2023/04/cars-buttons-touchscreens-vw-porsche-nissan-hyundai.html

Tagged: Cars, Safety

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