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JFC, even our meet-cutes are impacted by how bad people drive in DC. Vision Zero is a pipe dream if we don't recognize that drivers will do whatever the worst possible thing is that physical space allows.

Truck OEMs Cummins Inc. Daimler Truck NA Volvo Trucks North America Kenworth Truck Co. International are manufacturing product shortages to generate pushback on CARB regs adopted by states around US. This tactic will cost lives & breaks their Clean Truck Partnership. blog.ucsusa.org/dave-cooke/tru…

Why would drivers be scared of pedestrians when victim blaming like this is just about the maximum amount of effort nhtsagov will put into protecting the most vulnerable on the road from the harms caused by the vehicles it regulates?

That dealers would need to be told this is an indictment of the profession.

High new car prices aren't a new problem -- it's a result of explicit automaker strategy: "Automakers aren’t sufficiently motivated to solve the affordability crisis because they’re making more money selling fewer cars to richer buyers." This is from 2016: thehill.com/blogs/congress…

This is a mostly thoughtful column on bike lanes in D.C. from Marc Fisher, but I have a few quibbles with some of what he writes. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

I disagree with the assessment that this is a thoughtful article in the The Washington Post, but this thread does a good job speaking to some of the broader issues at play. Now, off to commute via Capital Bikeshare in those bike lanes...

South Coast AQMD's landmark warehouse rules are already working. Now we need U.S. EPA to approve rules to clean up rail pollution, and for South Coast to finish their rules on ports. Read more: blogs.edf.org/energyexchange…