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Citations and Further Reading:
Lobbying
https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2025&id=D000072796
https://www.fastcompany.com/91402783/ground-transportation-lobbyists-sector-explained
Trump deregulation
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/unleashing-prosperity-through-deregulation/
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/22/2025-18285/new-car-assessment-program-ncap-notice-delay-of-program-updates#:~:text=Auto%20Innovators%2C%20a%20consortium%20of%20vehicle%20manufacturers%20and%20suppliers%2C
https://reason.org/commentary/first-look-at-the-trump-administrations-transportation-regulatory-agenda/
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/11/trump-administration-eliminate-transit-funding-00652923
Motor vehicle deaths
https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/international/motor-vehicle-deaths-in-the-u-s-compared-to-the-world/#:~:text=More%20motor%2Dvehicle%20deaths%20than,miles%20compared%20to%20other%20countries
Car dependency
https://www.filesforprogress.org/memos/gnd-for-transit-polling.pdf
https://www.autoinsurance.com/research/car-ownership-statistics/
https://www.census.gov/topics/employment/commuting/guidance/acs-1yr.html
https://www.homearea.com/rankings/place-in-nc/percent_using_public_transportation/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/car-crashes-arent-always-unavoidable/592447/
https://www.fastcompany.com/90645900/america-has-eight-parking-spaces-for-every-car-heres-how-cities-are-rethinking-that-land
https://books.google.com.co/books?id=C2j6xwEACAAJ&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=1
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/22/us/traffic-commute-gridlock-transportation-study-trnd
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/publications/64-billion-massachusetts-vehicle-economy
Despite NYC’s Vision Zero Progress, Most Hit-and-Run Drivers Avoid Arrest
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2018/07/02/6-times-nhtsa-scolded-pedestrians-when-it-knew-suvs-were-killing-them
https://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873/jaywalking-history
Clips
Streetcars
https://www.vox.com/2015/5/7/8562007/streetcar-history-demise
Parallels
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/20/hospitals-shutdown-trump-healthcare-cuts
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/05/29/nx-s1-5413449/food-safety-inspection-fda-usda
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