National Links: The True Cost of Cars
New research in Germany shows how expensive cars really are – the lifetime cost of a small car is $689,000 with a public expense of $275,000, say the researchers.
Category: Cars
National Links: A Break for First-time Home Buyers?
Housing costs in resort communities force workers to live in vans, high gas prices can decrease urban sprawl and the pro-life Texas governor wants to kill road diets.
National Links: Why Walk in Auto-Loving America?
America built its city streets and smaller communities for cars. What might you learn and discover and see when you ditch the vehicle and start walking?
Highway News Roundup, Fall 2021
E-ZPass Electronic Toll Interoperability is Now Here As I’ve written about several times before, there was a 2012 federal mandate to have electronic toll collection be interoperable nationwide by 2016. In practical terms this would mean you’d be able to use your same toll transponder to pay tolls nationwide. That deadline came and went without […]
‘I just want it to stop’: constant speeding on Concordia Avenue in St. Paul
A St. Paul resident and mother couldn’t stand the sight of cars — and UPS trucks and school buses — breaking the speed limit on a residential street. So she did something about it.
Federal Highway Administration’s MUTCD May Flout Requirements
A document search suggests agency failed to consider safer and more sustainable designs, as required by the FAST Act, in engineering manual update.
National Links: Gas Stations and Charging Futures
Banks and climate change, Parisian public spaces and more global sustainability news
Hennepin For People – Mass Fun Ride Delivers
Joy. Pure joy. Community. Safety. Relaxation. Riding down the middle of Hennepin Ave S, surrounded by 100 of my closest and/or newest friends. All ages, abilities, and an incredible array of bike types. We even had the first zero emission E Line bus join us on a bike trailer! Honestly, I haven’t felt this outside […]
1,000 Miles with the 2021 Hyundai Kona Electric
I have written about cars before. Up until recently, I drove a 2015 Toyota Prius, and test-drove the Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y. I wanted to get an electric car, but someday, and one that put me in the driver’s seat. The future became the present this summer. With the wildfire smoke burning […]
Imagine a city without the sounds of cars
I was doomscrolling Twitter the other day, saw this Tweet from a friend, and laughed a bit too loudly: It reminded me that my favorite thing about my visit to Tokyo last year was the least expected: it’s an eerily quiet city! Wherever I go, I try to put into practice one of my favorite […]