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Engineers, planners, politicians, and advocates all around the world are trying to improve their cities and build more great walkable places with viable alternatives to driving. But there’s a looming trend that could undo all of that hard work: the growth of SUVs and light trucks.
This could all be solved if these pathetic suburbanites could just buy small cars, station wagons, or minivans instead.
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References and Further Reading
Tell Automakers: Fix front-end blind zones – Consumer Reports Petition
https://action.consumerreports.org/20221116_stop_blindspots
CityNerd: Problems with Pickup Trucks (Nebula)
https://nebula.tv/videos/citynerd-problems-with-pickup-trucks-why-the-growing-share-of-large-vehicles-is-bad-for-everyone?ref=notjustbikes
New Car Assessment Program
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/12/16/2015-31323/new-car-assessment-program
SUVs, pickup trucks more likely to hit pedestrians than cars, study finds
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/03/17/suvs-pickups-pedestrian-fatalities-rise/7075333001/
The Ultimate List of Driving Statistics for 2023
https://driving-tests.org/driving-statistics/
All history (including auto industry research of SUV buyers) is from:
High and Mighty: SUVs-the World’s Most Dangerous Vehicles and How They Got That Way
Keith Bradsher
[ISBN 9781586481230]
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/832299
Trucks And SUVs Are Now Over 80 Percent Of New Car Sales In The U.S.
https://jalopnik.com/trucks-and-suvs-are-now-over-80-percent-of-new-car-sale-1848427797
Mindgames on wheels – How advertising sold false promises of safety and superiority with SUVs
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebd0080238e863d04911b51/t/6065dbeb73734b58372d797b/1617288180453
Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer 1997 (modified)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/juanelo242a/48129421276
Sherman tank by Nyttend – Own work, Public Domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16709601
Carsized.com
https://carsized.com
Global SUV sales set another record in 2021, setting back efforts to reduce emissions
https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/growth-in-co2-emissions-by-energy-sub-sector-from-2010-to-2021
Kids and Cars
https://www.kidsandcars.org/
https://www.kidsandcars.org/how-kids-get-hurt/frontovers/
Experiment involving SUV reveals hidden danger for small children
https://www.kmbc.com/article/experiment-involving-suv-reveals-hidden-danger-for-small-children/28509643
SUVs second biggest cause of emissions rise, figures reveal
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2019/oct/25/suvs-second-biggest-cause-of-emissions-rise-figures-reveal
U.S. Pedestrian Fatalities Rise, While European Pedestrian Fatalities Fall
https://www.planetizen.com/news/2019/07/105095-us-pedestrian-fatalities-rise-while-european-pedestrian-fatalities-fall
Cyclist and Pedestrian Deaths Skyrocket in 2018 as Motorists Stay Safe
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/06/18/cyclist-and-pedestrian-deaths-skyrocket-in-2018-as-motorists-stay-safe/
Why are US drivers killing so many pedestrians?
https://cityobservatory.org/why-are-us-drivers-killing-so-many-pedestrians/
https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/suvs-other-large-vehicles-often-hit-pedestrians-while-turning
National Survey on Distracted Driving Attitudes and Behaviors
https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/811729.pdf
The Car Cushion Hypothesis: Bigger Cars Lead to More Risk Taking—Evidence from Behavioural Data
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10603-022-09511-w
You Don’t Need A Full-Size Pickup Truck, You Need a Cowboy Costume
https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/you-dont-need-a-full-size-pickup-truck-you-need-a-cowboy-costume
City drivers ‘should think twice’ before buying SUVs
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56647128
Pickup Trucks – From Workhorse to Joyride
https://www.axios.com/ford-pickup-trucks-history
Transportation Alternatives – The Problem with Bigger Cars
https://www.transalt.org/newsletter/september-2-mcguinness-update-queens-open-streets-the-problem-with-bigger-cars
Unlicensed Driver Is Charged in Death of Baby in Stroller
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/nyregion/bronx-driver-kills-child.html
Tyre Extinguishers
https://www.tyreextinguishers.com/
EUROPEAN VEHICLE MARKET STATISTICS
https://eupocketbook.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Pocketbook_2022_23_Web.pdf
European new car market starts 2021 with record market share for SUVs
https://www.jato.com/european-new-car-market-starts-2021-with-record-market-share-for-suvs/
Safety consequences of vehicle size & weight
https://youtu.be/ExQUGk12S8U
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