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EPA Air Chief: We Need to Do More to Reduce VMT
Obama administration officials "need to align together" to work on reducing the nation's total vehicle miles traveled -- work that should go beyond a pending congressional climate bill -- the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) air-quality chief said today.
January 15, 2010
Report: The American Car Fleet Is Shrinking
Could the nation be turning away from its decades-old yen for auto
ownership? Americans got rid of more cars than they purchased in 2009,
reversing a trend that saw total U.S. vehicles exceed the number of
drivers more than 35 years ago, according to a report released today by the Earth Policy Institute (EPI).
January 7, 2010
Car Culture Entitlement Runs Rampant In Film Industry Rag
I don't write too often about the film industry or celebrity business here because the lives of L.A.'s celebrities seems to be in a different universe than the one most Angelenos live in. When there's something exciting or different going on, such as the "Rebel Without a Car" production of "At What Price," we certainly take notice. But a story forwarded me today is so dripping with Car Culture outrage, it was just too good to ignore.
December 16, 2009
This Week’s News Brought to You by the Auto Industry
It always fascinates me when someone tells me that the auto industry is dying because of gas prices and poor management. Not only have three of the Obama Administration's major policy victories been aimed at propping up the industry, but even our "Green" Mayor and Governor are continually bending over backwards to support alternative fuel vehicles with tax breaks and other perks.
December 8, 2009
Two Cities, Two Draggings, One Night (UpdatedL 11:16 A.M.)
You didn't read that wrong.
December 3, 2009
Villaraigosa: Subsidies for People Who Can Afford a $100,000 Car Key to Our Green Future
It seems that every year when the car show rolls into town that there's at least one moment that makes me want to bang my head into a cement wall. Remember when the Sierra Club and other environmental groups named an SUV the "green car of the year" in 2007?
December 2, 2009
“The Highway to Play a Vital Role in the Progress of Civilization”
Disney's Magic Highway USA is one of the more extraordinary
examples of the myopic devotion to automobility and its infrastructure
I've ever seen. It's probably also required viewing at the Reason Foundation and among Senator James Inhofe's staff in Washington DC.
December 1, 2009
New Report: Road Funding From Non-Road Users Doubled in 25 Years
The myth
that U.S. roads "pay for themselves" thanks to user fees is a subject
that's likely familiar to many Streetsblog Capitol Hill readers -- but
just how much of the nation's highway funding is provided by charging
drivers?
November 24, 2009
New Study Quantifies High Personal Costs of Building CA Cities for Cars
(editor's note: The section with area specific data for Southern California isn't done yet. When it is, we'll have a post specific to our region. In the meantime, this statewide article prepared by Matthew Roth in San Francisco is a great read.)
November 20, 2009