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Kea Wilson

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Visit Your Nearest National Park(ing Lot) Today!

By Kea Wilson | Apr 26, 2023 | No Comments
Sick of Shenandoah? Tired of the Tetons? Why not check out all the other land that Americans devote billions of dollars a year to preserving for the benefit of future generations: our planet-leading oversupply of public car storage?
Cranes over downtown Denver. Photo: Larry Goodwin, CC

The Critical Climate Change Solution That No One Is Talking About

By Kea Wilson | Apr 24, 2023 | No Comments
A new report has finally put hard numbers to America's most overlooked climate and car-cutting solution: more development in neighborhoods where people don't need to drive everywhere.
New York is already piloting speed-limiters on city-owned cars; will your city be next? Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Via NY1

How Every Government In America Could Stop Its Own Cars From Speeding

By Kea Wilson | Apr 20, 2023 | No Comments
Some of America's most prominent sustainable transportation advocacy organizations are challenging governments to embrace a ground-breaking technology that makes it impossible for drivers to speed — starting with the vehicles in their own fleets.
The city of Baltimore recently received federal grant money to study removing a stretch of I-40 known as the "Highway to Nowhere." Photo: FA Martin, CC

These 10 Urban Freeways Deserve To Be Demolished — But Will They?

By Kea Wilson | Apr 19, 2023 | No Comments
America is at a watershed moment in the fight to heal the harms of urban freeways that tore apart predominantly BIPOC and low-income communities, a new report argues — but what that healing will look like, exactly, is still an open question. 
The Ford F-150 Lightning weights 6,015 pounds, and is eligible for a federal tax credit. Photo: WMRapids, CC

Biden’s ‘EV Revolution’ Will Pay Americans to Drive Some Really Dangerous Cars

By Kea Wilson | Apr 17, 2023 | No Comments
The government is poised to pay Americans to buy big electric cars that 1) are known to be more dangerous, 2) that require a maximum amount of exploitative and destructive mineral extraction, and 3) will disproportionately benefit the wealthiest Americans. Mission accomplished.
Photos: The Wonder Alice (left), Transportation for America (right)

Exactly How Much Less America Walks Than Other Countries, In Five Charts

By Kea Wilson | Apr 14, 2023 | No Comments
Two mobility researchers took on the daunting task of standardizing a messy range of global data on walking. Check it out.
Photo: Lexus

Study: SUV Drivers Cause 55% Worse Injuries To Bicyclists They Hit

By Kea Wilson | Apr 13, 2023 | No Comments
Just like pedestrians, bicyclists who are struck by SUV drivers endure significantly more severe injuries — particularly to the head — than those struck by the drivers of smaller cars, a new study finds, adding to a mountain of evidence that suggests regulators should do more to rein in deadly vehicle designs that are increasingly dominating U.S. roads. 
Photo: Ktesh, CC

What It Takes To Successfully Sue Over a Defective Bike Lane

By Kea Wilson | Apr 12, 2023 | No Comments
Mike Bagg won a million dollars after a defective bike lane caused him to crash. But he won't actually see all of that money — and neither will the countless cyclists who get in crashes just like his every day.
Photo: Steven Hardy-Braz.

When Waiting For the Bus In a Wheelchair Becomes an Act of Protest

By Kea Wilson | Apr 10, 2023 | No Comments
Steven Hardy-Braz acknowledges that he wasn't "just" waiting for the bus in a hazardous environment on the day he was arrested for impeding traffic; he was also staging a protest. Here's what happened next.
Photo: Roman Odintsov, CC

Colorado Program Fixes Broken Streetlights Instead of Arresting People for Broken Windows

By Kea Wilson | Apr 6, 2023 | No Comments
A new Colorado program is seeking to curb crime by investing in safer, more accessible streets — and not just the crimes committed by drivers.
Photo:  Marlon Lara, CC

The Real Reason Why So Many Americans Drive Distracted

By Kea Wilson | Apr 5, 2023 | No Comments
It's more complicated than policymakers assume — and until we dive deep into the psychology of distracted motorists, we'll struggle to convince them to stop or win support for systemic solutions.
Photo: Nabeel Syed, CC

Why Traffic Studies Are ‘Junk Science’ — And Why We Rely On Them Anyway

By Kea Wilson | Apr 4, 2023 | No Comments
Community leaders and the courts are putting too much faith into dubious traffic studies that always seem to predict more and more driving, a new study argues — but that could all change.
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