The First Step to Ending Pedestrian Deaths? Tax Heavy Cars In Cities
As American cars have ballooned in size over the past three decades, the menace cars like the GMC truck pose to pedestrians and cyclists has increased in lockstep.
By
Kea Wilson
6:27 PM CDT on July 11, 2022
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