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Trump’s USDOT secretary wants you to drive to Midwest landmarks. Here are some car-free alternatives.
The press release for the U.S. Department of Transportation's "Great American Summer Roadtrip" project led by agency secretary Sean Duffy reads kind of like you'd figure. Like Donald Trump, he's a former reality TV show cast member, and he used to be a Fox Business television co-host.
July 1, 2025
Opinion: Could You Go a Week Without Driving? (Yes — And Here’s Why You Should)
If you can drive and can afford a car, you probably don’t understand what it’s like to rely, day in and out, on walking, rolling, transit, or asking or paying for rides. But this is every day for non-drivers.
May 24, 2023
Opinion: What Two Massacres in Texas — One With a Car, One With a Gun — Reveal About America’s Culture of Violence
American news outlets exploded with headlines about two eerily similar mass killings in Texas over the weekend. Both assailants killed eight people each. Both used weapons that advocates have fought for years to regulate because they are uniquely capable of killing large numbers of people in moments: the AR-15 rifle and the SUV.
May 9, 2023
