Topic: Cars
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Videos
Navigating Europe's Most Congested City by Bike
If you think all European cities embrace cycling as much as Copenhagen, you must not be familiar with Brussels.
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Long Island Kids Beg for a School Bus to Take Them Across a Dangerous Road
New York's “complete streets” law is a step in the right direction, but roads around the state continue to threaten the lives of children who live and go to school near them.
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Kids Who Get Driven Everywhere Don't Know Where They're Going
A new study suggests vehicular travel affects children's ability to navigate their neighborhood and connect to their community.
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Road Traffic 'Single Biggest Source of Fatality' for Young People Worldwide
Traffic fatalities disproportionately affect children in developing countries.
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Slowing Down Cars Saves Lives. So Why Is Toronto's Mayor So Opposed?
Lowering speed limits can greatly cut down on pedestrian injuries. But Rob Ford thinks one such proposal is "nuts."
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How to Make Transit (and Biking and Walking) Sexy
Urban designer and writer Darrin Nordahl thinks it's time for advocates of alternative transportation to stop trying to appeal to reason and go for the gut instead.
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Is Traffic Making Us Lonely?
Long before the invention of social media, a man named Donald Appleyard was investigating how automotive traffic isolates us from one another.
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Why the Streets of Copenhagen and Amsterdam Look So Different From Ours
By seizing a historical moment, ordinary Danish and Dutch citizens were able to change the course of development in their urban centers.
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Urban Wonk
The Invention of Jaywalking
The forgotten history of how the auto industry won the right of way for cars.
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How to Green Southern Cities Built in the Age of Cars and Air Conditioning
U.S. cities in the South have their own set of challenges to face in going green. But Atlanta, for one, is trying.
