Cooper Lohr
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Transportation Safety @consumerreports.org. Safety Advocate. Penguins hockey fan. I like to ride bikes. Views = mine.
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Speaking of Rock Creek Park: “Rock Creek Park turns 135 this month and the National Park Service is hosting a series of Punk Rocks! special events.” www.popville.com/2025/09/rock...
Speaking of Rock Creek Park: “Rock Creek Park turns 135 this month and the National Park Service is hosting a series of Punk Rocks! special events.” - PoPville
"Boulder Bridge is an iconic landmark within Rock Creek Park. NPS Photo / Tony DeYoung" From NPS: "Rock Creek Park turns 135 this month and the National Park Service is hosting a series of Punk Rocks!...
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September 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Speaking of Rock Creek Park: “Rock Creek Park turns 135 this month and the National Park Service is hosting a series of Punk Rocks! special events.” www.popville.com/2025/09/rock...
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It’s wild how many people think Medicaid cuts won’t affect them because their state calls it something like “Healthy Louisiana”. I don’t even care about right or left right now, this level of civic illiteracy is why it’s so easy to pass bills that hurt everyone.
July 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It’s wild how many people think Medicaid cuts won’t affect them because their state calls it something like “Healthy Louisiana”. I don’t even care about right or left right now, this level of civic illiteracy is why it’s so easy to pass bills that hurt everyone.
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Whether you know it or not, the @cpsc.gov plays an enormous role in keeping kids safe through strong, data-driven, enforceable rules that address safety hazards and prevent injuries. Right now, its mission and independence is under dire threat. @consumerreports.org advocacy via @usatoday.com
The safety of Americans, especially children, is at risk with Trump proposal to eliminate the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, consumer advocates say. What does the CPSC do and why is it at risk? Read my @usatoday.com story. www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
Safety of Americans, especially children, at risk with Trump proposal, advocates say
A proposal to to eliminate the U.S. Product Safety Commission has consumer advocates sounding alarms. We explain why.
www.usatoday.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Whether you know it or not, the @cpsc.gov plays an enormous role in keeping kids safe through strong, data-driven, enforceable rules that address safety hazards and prevent injuries. Right now, its mission and independence is under dire threat. @consumerreports.org advocacy via @usatoday.com
this is so stupid. decades of refusing to raise the gas tax has made road funding needlessly complicated. as much as this is framed as fairness based on use, a punitive EV fee (not at all tied to use btw) won’t fix immediate solvency issues. this is a gas tax problem. eventually work toward vmt.
US House Republicans propose dropping $20 vehicle registration fee, seek EV fee of $250
U.S. House Republicans will propose dropping a $20 federal annual registration fee on all vehicles starting in 2031 to fund road repairs and will seek a new $250 annual fee on electric cars as part of a tax reform bill under consideration.
www.reuters.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
this is so stupid. decades of refusing to raise the gas tax has made road funding needlessly complicated. as much as this is framed as fairness based on use, a punitive EV fee (not at all tied to use btw) won’t fix immediate solvency issues. this is a gas tax problem. eventually work toward vmt.
Featured in @politico.com's Weekly Transportation newsletter re: coverage of @consumerreports.org's Friday release responding to NHTSA's announcement of changes to it's crash reporting program for autonomous vehicles.
April 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Featured in @politico.com's Weekly Transportation newsletter re: coverage of @consumerreports.org's Friday release responding to NHTSA's announcement of changes to it's crash reporting program for autonomous vehicles.
“This does seem to close the door on a huge number of additional reports,” says William Wallace, who directs safety advocacy for Consumer Reports. “It’s a big carve-out.”
At best, these changes are cosmetic and do nothing to improve compliance/ensure regulators have accurate and complete data.
At best, these changes are cosmetic and do nothing to improve compliance/ensure regulators have accurate and complete data.
The US Department of Transportation is significantly loosening crash reporting requirements, according to a new framework released today.
It’s a boon for the automotive industry as a whole—and for Elon Musk’s Tesla in particular.
It’s a boon for the automotive industry as a whole—and for Elon Musk’s Tesla in particular.
In a Boon for Tesla, Feds Weaken Rules for Reporting on Self-Driving
A new autonomous vehicle framework would also make it easier for Tesla and other companies to research domestically-made self-driving cars that don’t meet all federal safety standards.
www.wired.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“This does seem to close the door on a huge number of additional reports,” says William Wallace, who directs safety advocacy for Consumer Reports. “It’s a big carve-out.”
At best, these changes are cosmetic and do nothing to improve compliance/ensure regulators have accurate and complete data.
At best, these changes are cosmetic and do nothing to improve compliance/ensure regulators have accurate and complete data.
The Connecticut Ave. bike lane was scrapped not because it wouldn’t work, but because it would. Projects like these are threats to systems we’re all trained to preserve, consciously or not. A culturally endemic issue.
My new CityLab story was partly inspired by DC's Mayor Muriel Bowser, who needlessly scrapped long-planned cycle lanes on Connecticut Ave that would've given the city's bike network a huge upgrade (and saved lives).
April 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Connecticut Ave. bike lane was scrapped not because it wouldn’t work, but because it would. Projects like these are threats to systems we’re all trained to preserve, consciously or not. A culturally endemic issue.
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This is part of what’s so insane. As they talk about re-shoring and manufacturing they are actively trying to destroy an entire us manufacturing industry that already exists.
Billions of dollars in clean energy projects have been canceled since Donald Trump took office again — leaving thousands of jobs and the shift to clean energy in doubt.
A stunning number of electric vehicle, battery factories are being canceled
Billions of dollars in clean energy projects have been canceled since Donald Trump took office again.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is part of what’s so insane. As they talk about re-shoring and manufacturing they are actively trying to destroy an entire us manufacturing industry that already exists.
Traveling in a car is ~10x more deadly per mile than taking public transit. Fearmongering about the subway while ignoring how deadly our roads are is just dishonest.
Sean Duffy: "The truth is, transit across America is dangerous. And these liberals -- liberal mayors -- they want everybody out of cars and into trains but they made the trains unsafe so nobody really wants to ride them ... even big men don't want to ride the subway at those times of night."
April 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Traveling in a car is ~10x more deadly per mile than taking public transit. Fearmongering about the subway while ignoring how deadly our roads are is just dishonest.
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I worry that if the abundance movement isn't clear about its goals, it invites people like transit-trashing Elon Musk to coopt it.
April 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I worry that if the abundance movement isn't clear about its goals, it invites people like transit-trashing Elon Musk to coopt it.
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"Every day, more than 100 lives are lost from crashes on U.S. roads, and consumers need a DOT that will fight to bring down this devastating toll."
There are many ways USDOT can improve road safety
Large cuts to NHTSA, our nation's auto regulator, are not one of those ways
There are many ways USDOT can improve road safety
Large cuts to NHTSA, our nation's auto regulator, are not one of those ways
We at @consumerreports.org are calling on Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy to take key steps to improve road safety and reduce fuel costs—and warning against large-scale cuts that would make this harder, if not impossible. advocacy.consumerreports.org/press_releas...
Consumer Reports: Transportation Secretary Should Keep DOT Strong to Help Consumers Stay Safe and Reduce Fuel Costs on Our Roads - CR Advocacy
Nonprofit, nonpartisan organization cautions against sweeping budget cuts that would pose risks to consumers’ safety and economic well-being nationwide WASHINGTON, D.C. – Consumer Reports (CR)…
advocacy.consumerreports.org
March 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"Every day, more than 100 lives are lost from crashes on U.S. roads, and consumers need a DOT that will fight to bring down this devastating toll."
There are many ways USDOT can improve road safety
Large cuts to NHTSA, our nation's auto regulator, are not one of those ways
There are many ways USDOT can improve road safety
Large cuts to NHTSA, our nation's auto regulator, are not one of those ways
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We at @consumerreports.org are calling on Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy to take key steps to improve road safety and reduce fuel costs—and warning against large-scale cuts that would make this harder, if not impossible. advocacy.consumerreports.org/press_releas...
Consumer Reports: Transportation Secretary Should Keep DOT Strong to Help Consumers Stay Safe and Reduce Fuel Costs on Our Roads - CR Advocacy
Nonprofit, nonpartisan organization cautions against sweeping budget cuts that would pose risks to consumers’ safety and economic well-being nationwide WASHINGTON, D.C. – Consumer Reports (CR)…
advocacy.consumerreports.org
March 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We at @consumerreports.org are calling on Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy to take key steps to improve road safety and reduce fuel costs—and warning against large-scale cuts that would make this harder, if not impossible. advocacy.consumerreports.org/press_releas...