Dave Cooke

(he/him) Vehicles Analyst for @UCSUSA. Raised outside the Motor City, scienced in California, and bringing both worlds together in DC to make a cleaner future.

[Coalition for Clean Air @CleanairCA]

South Coast AQMD's landmark warehouse rules are already working. Now we need @EPA to approve rules to clean up rail pollution, and for South Coast to finish their rules on ports.

Read more: https://t.co/ciPELKT1iC

[Dave Cooke @ucsdave]

1) obviously it's ridiculous on its face to compare future standards to current sales, but 2) as @AirResources data shows, manufacturers are waaaaay overcomplying with the regulations! https://t.co/2hlEl91vZR

[Dave Cooke @ucsdave]

Come on @heatmap_news , you're supposed to be the reporters that understand energy regs! And yet you make a crazy rookie mistake with this piece on @Tesla ? That's not how compliance works! https://t.co/Zala8E2vc0

[Dave Cooke @ucsdave]

I disagree with the assessment that this is a thoughtful article in the @washingtonpost, but this thread does a good job speaking to some of the broader issues at play. Now, off to commute via @bikeshare in those bike lanes...

[Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle]

This is a mostly thoughtful column on bike lanes in D.C. from @mffisher, but I have a few quibbles with some of what he writes. https://t.co/MV95ePOwBt

[Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle]

This is a mostly thoughtful column on bike lanes in D.C. from @mffisher, but I have a few quibbles with some of what he writes. https://t.co/MV95ePOwBt

[Dave Cooke @ucsdave]

This @SFGate reporter wrote an article based on #RV industry paranoia without a lick of truth or discussion with anyone that actually understands the regs. WtAF. They should just pull it down... it's embarrassing. https://t.co/H5e2ZBaJrO

[Dave Cooke @ucsdave]

This is maybe my favorite quote from that dumpster fire of an article because the sentence on its face is so absurdly untrue. All trucks are going to be zero emissions beginning in 2025? I guess my work is done.

[Dave Cooke @ucsdave]

High new car prices aren't a new problem -- it's a result of explicit automaker strategy: "Automakers aren’t sufficiently motivated to solve the affordability crisis because they’re making more money selling fewer cars to richer buyers." This is from 2016: https://t.co/54RRQ6PKcV

[Keith Naughton @KeithNaughton]

STICKER SHOCK: Soaring housing & grocery costs get most of the attention. But new car prices now average $48K, creating an auto affordability crisis that is laying waste to a fundamental aspiration of American life: a new model in the driveway. @JeffAGreen
https://t.co/ob91dUktGt

[Dave Cooke @ucsdave]

That dealers would need to be told this is an indictment of the profession.

[Automotive News @Automotive_News]

Auto retailers and an NADA store development leader recommended dealerships facilitate EV sales by having staff be more familiar with the vehicles. https://t.co/XMO7ca4elZ

[Dave Cooke @ucsdave]

Why would drivers be scared of pedestrians when victim blaming like this is just about the maximum amount of effort @NHTSAgov will put into protecting the most vulnerable on the road from the harms caused by the vehicles it regulates?

[nhtsagov @NHTSAgov]

Drivers — WATCH for pedestrians. 🧟

Pedestrians — make sure you're SEEN this Halloween. 👻 More: https://t.co/CMqBfeNEw6

[Dave Cooke @ucsdave]

Truck OEMs @Cummins @DaimlerTruckNA @VolvoTrucksNA @KenworthTruckCo @IntnlTrucks are manufacturing product shortages to generate pushback on @AirResources regs adopted by states around US. This tactic will cost lives & breaks their Clean Truck Partnership. https://t.co/6DyU0egFT6

[Dave Cooke @ucsdave]

JFC, even our meet-cutes are impacted by how bad people drive in DC. Vision Zero is a pipe dream if we don't recognize that drivers will do whatever the worst possible thing is that physical space allows.

[PoPville @PoPville]

Missed Connection – On a Bike almost hit by a car driver – “you pulled up on your bike just behind me – you ok?” https://t.co/gD8WDIPbbN

[Jesse D. Jenkins @JesseJenkins]

🌲 tweet.

[Dave Cooke @ucsdave]

@kevxshen @AceEJ @LinkUtah @loop_it_49 There's a whole lot of work in this report...but there's a whole lot more ahead to fix this system. I hope you'll read our report, but I hope even more you'll work with @UCSUSA to transform our transportation system. There's too much at stake.

[Dave Cooke @ucsdave]

Very proud today to be part of a new @UCSUSA report on the importance of reforming our #transportation system overall to be more equitable and sustainable as part of a #zeroemission future. Lots of fun (horrifying?) facts in here... https://t.co/TSUp0gpyMd

[Dave Cooke @ucsdave]

@kevxshen This is not a theoretical issue -- communities TODAY are fighting for those reforms because of the harms that come from our broken system. This is why we worked w/partners (@AceEJ @LinkUtah @loop_it_49) around the country to talk about what change looks like on the ground, NOW.