Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Car Dependence

Electric Car Fever and Polar Bear Halos

By Catherine Lutz and Anne Lutz Fernandez | Oct 12, 2010 | No Comments

Over the next few months, electric cars will start rolling out of showrooms and onto American roads. They’ve been a long time coming. For years, Chevy has been trumpeting its yet-to-be-released Volt. Journalists test drove a version of it over eighteen months ago; it’s been a perennial feature at auto shows; this summer President Obama […]

Our Mobile Money Pits: The True Cost of Cars

By Catherine Lutz and Anne Lutz Fernandez | Sep 2, 2010 | No Comments

Rowena learned about the true cost of cars the hard way. Raised by her mom, a Filipina immigrant, in a happy if carless home in northern California, Rowena marveled upon graduating from college and getting a steady job that she could afford to lease her very own car. For a small down payment and $199 […]