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Kea Wilson

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How Deadly is Your Community’s Streets? New Data Tool from USDOT Shows the Hard Truth

By Kea Wilson | Feb 8, 2023 | No Comments
A new federal tool helps Americans see at a glance exactly how deadly traffic violence is in their community — and how their neighbors stack up. 
East Fourth Street in Cleveland. Photo: Erik Drost

America’s Most Equitably Walkable City is … Cleveland?

By Kea Wilson | Feb 7, 2023 | No Comments
In most U.S. metros, renters and buyers alike pay a steep premium to live in walkable neighborhoods, a new report finds — except for a small handful of U.S. cities where they actually cost less than car-dominated ones.
Photo: Steven Vance, CC

Biden’s First ‘Mega Grants’ Contain Some Mega Wins — And Mega Fails

By Kea Wilson | Feb 6, 2023 | No Comments
A new federal "megagrant" program will fund major safety and transit projects that have been at the top of sustainable transportation advocates' wishlists for years ... along with business-as-usual highway expansion projects that could negate those mega-gains.
Photo: Ryoji Iwata, CC

Half of Americans Will Get Vision Zero Plans in New Federal Grant

By Kea Wilson | Feb 2, 2023 | No Comments
More than half of the U.S. population will soon live in cities or counties with a Safe Streets action plan in place, thanks to a wave of new funding from. Washington.
Photo: Behzad Ghaffarian

Kids’ Psychology Affects How They Behave Around Cars — And Regulators Should Take Note

By Kea Wilson | Feb 1, 2023 | No Comments
The feds have taken steps to understand how a wider range of bodies are likely to fare in a car crash. But as regulators finally begin to look outside the car, some researchers think it's time they start thinking about our brains, too — particularly when it comes to kids.
Sam Graves (R-Mo.) Photo: Defense Visual Information Distribution Service

Congress’s Messy ‘Fix-It-First’ Fight Heats Up

By Kea Wilson | Jan 23, 2023 | No Comments
A long-fought effort to get states to spend more of their federal infrastructure dollars on fixing highways rather than building new ones is in peril in the newly GOP-lead head house — and if it succeeds, it could force President Biden to take an unprecedented stand in favor of progressive road priorities. 
Photo: Amanda Hirsch, CC

The Dangers of Driving Are Way More Normalized Than We Think

By Kea Wilson | Jan 19, 2023 | No Comments
People are measurably more likely to accept the societal harms and inequities associated with driving than other public health threats.
Photo: Famartin, CC

Counter-Intuitive Department: Sometimes, Traffic Controls Make Streets More Dangerous

By Kea Wilson | Jan 18, 2023 | No Comments
Since the very first center line appeared on a Michigan road in 1911, many have questioned whether the design norms that govern U.S. roads really make them  "safe", or simply less dangerous than the anarchic days of early motordom — though still nowhere near as safe as the days before the car dominated American roads at all. Here's why. 
Photo: Pruthvi Sagar, CC

What the Gas Stove Meltdown Has In Common With the Car Culture Wars

By Kea Wilson | Jan 13, 2023 | No Comments
We need to fix both systems, which were created by Big Gas and Big Auto so long ago that they feel like personal choices. A great essay by Kea Wilson.
Photo: David Lee, CC

Transport is the Leading Source of U.S. Emissions — Again

By Kea Wilson | Jan 12, 2023 | No Comments
America's transportation sector remains the leading national driver of the climate crisis — and automobile drivers aren't helping.
Photo: Ivan Lenin, CC

Want Drivers to Stop at Crosswalks? Slow Them Down First

By Kea Wilson | Jan 11, 2023 | No Comments
Many motorists yield to pedestrians in crosswalks — but not when they're driving at deadly speeds, according to a new study that shows the need to slow down car drivers with broader road design changes, and not just more signs and paint.
Photo: Wassim Chouak, CC

Last Year’s ‘Historic’ Gas Price Surge Cost U.S. Drivers Just 36 Cents More Per Day

By Kea Wilson | Jan 10, 2023 | No Comments
The sky-high gas prices that dominated last year's news cycle amounted to just 36 extra cents a day in fuel costs to the average American, a new report finds — and it didn't deter them from driving more than the year prior.  
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