Blog: AAA

Most of AAA's 43 million members have no idea their emergency tow-truck service also uses membership money to lobby for more roads and against environmental standards for cars. Streetsblog discusses how New York State's AAA organization (nationally it's a federation of individual state groups) is also opposing the congestion charging plan to cut down on traffic and pollution in New York City. In an article in their magazine, they parrot anti-congestion pricing talking points and even come out against walking as a good form of exercise. As our air gets more polluted, AAA is there making sure it stays that way.