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Sierra Club,
262
–
68

Simpsons, The
(TV show),
102
,
116
,
268

and American car design,
239

and SUVs,
48

South Park
(TV show),
168
,
248

Spach, Amy,
278
–
79

Spadina Expressway,
5
–
8
,
282
–
83

Special Equipment Market Association (SEMA),
232

speeding,
26
,
60
,
169
–
70
,
177
.
See also
traffic safety

Spencer, Bruce,
272
–
73
,
274
–
75

Springsteen, Bruce,
2
,
130
,
132

St. Louis, Missouri,
110
–
12

Steinbeck, John,
21
,
119
–
20
,
156
,
218

stickshift driving,
162
–
65

styles/styling.
See
automobile design

Sullivan, Robert,
91

SUVs,
109
,
249
,
301

in advertising,
73
,
179

controversy over,
47
,
48
–
50

origins of,
46
–
47

and
The Simpsons
episode,
48

taxicabs,
112
,
207
,
231
,
300
,
304
,
308

Tomas, Carlos,
161
,
164
–
66

Tomenson, Scott,
159
,
167
–
69
,
204

Toronto, Ontario,
5
–
9

car sharing services in,
312
–
13

and congestion charges,
303

Intelligent Transportation Systems Centre,
283

and Jane Jacobs,
6

and Spadina Expressway fight,
5
–
8
,
282
–
83

and Toronto Traffic Management Centre,
302

toy cars

author plays with,
196

distributed in Happy Meals and Mighty Kids Meals,
149

Toyota,
44
,
45
,
248
,
254

quality and popularity of,
51
–
54
,
259

and typical Toyota buyers,
32

Toyota Prius

and exemption from congestion charge,
305

improved torque of,
251

and perceptions of Prius drivers,
25
–
26

and
South Park
satire,
248

traffic congestion

and congestion charges,
9
,
286
,
303
–
8

economic costs of,
282
,
306

in India,
301
–
2

in southern Ontario,
13
–
15

technological solutions for,
283
–
86

and traffic flow theory,
283
–
85

traffic safety.
See also
automobile safety; speeding

in Buenos Aires,
206
–
7
,
208
–
9

and celebrity deaths in crashes,
76

and cell phones,
174

and crash statistics,
2
,
161
,
169

law enforcement of,
169
–
79

transit.
See
public transit

True West: Authentic Development Patterns for Small Towns
(van Hemert),
218

Tulsa, Oklahoma,
135
,
139
–
41
,
143
–
44

Turk, Jon,
27

Unsafe at Any Speed
(Nader),
48
,
159

urban revitalization

Albuquerque, New Mexico,
157
–
58

Denver, Colorado,
220
–
21

Detroit, Michigan,
58
–
59

Pasadena, California,
292
–
93
,
309
–
10
,
311
–
12

Portland, Oregon,
298

San Francisco, California,
261
–
62

Santa Monica, California,
293
–
97

St. Louis, Missouri,
111

Tampa, Florida,
266

urban sprawl vs. intensification,
213
–
15
,
216
–
19
,
222
–
29
.
See also
specific cities

and costs to suburban residents,
290
–
91

and cyclists and pedestrians,
227
–
28

and developers,
263
–
68
,
291
–
92

and early development of suburbs,
280

and energy use,
267

and freeways,
5
,
7

and health problems,
108
,
224
,
290

and model developments,
225
–
27

and New Urbanism,
225
–
26

and public transit,
7
,
59
,
216
–
18
,
264
,
282

and sense of community,
224
–
25
,
267
–
68

van Hemert, James,
210
–
13
,
281
,
300

Volkswagen,
72
–
73
,
301

advertising by,
65
–
66
,
68

and Volkswagen people,
259

Volvo,
44
,
69
,
72
,
156

Wallis, Michael,
117

Walter Vodrazka,
286

Walters, Alan,
305

Wesoloski, Steven,
79
–
82

Wheels for a Nation
(Donovan),
93

“When Cars Could Fly” (McCracken),
22

White, Peter,
278

Who Killed the Electric Car?
(film),
254

Woolley, Cam,
95
,
109
,
169
,
170
–
79

playing the violin while driving incident,
173

Worst Car of the Millennium Contest,
136

Zane, Denny,
293
–
97