Kea Wilson
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Road Rage Shootings Are On a Terrifying Rise
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Aggressive driving isn’t the only deadly behavior on the rise on American roads — because raging U.S. motorists are killing more people with guns than any point in recent history, too.
Active Transportation Big in ‘INVEST’ Earmarks
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An unprecedented number of infrastructure projects earmarked in the House infrastructure bill would serve pedestrians, micromobility riders, and people who use assistive devices, on top of the robust increases in core programs that already fund infrastructure for those modes.
Advocates Throw Weight Behind INVEST Act 2.0
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It's “arguably the most transformative transportation bill of our lifetimes,” one advocate said.
Heavy EVs May Be More Dangerous To U.S. Walkers
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A whole lot of heavy electric cars are likely to roll onto U.S. streets soon — but the U.S. hasn’t bothered to answer the question of how fatal they’ll be to pedestrians in the event of a crash.
The Advocate’s Cheat Sheet to Infrastructure Year
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Washington is in the thick of negotiating two major infrastructure bills that could reshape American transportation for decades. Here's a primer you can come back to again and again.
Regulators Aren't Taming U.S. Megacar Crisis
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Federal regulators have known about the inherent dangers that large vehicles pose to vulnerable road users since the mid-1970s, but have done almost nothing to stop it — and they probably won’t because of who we are as a nation, a new legal research paper argues.
STUDY: AV Taxis Would Speed Up Climate Change
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Autonomous vehicles may make our skies dirtier, even if they’re shared and electric, a new study finds.
These 15 Urban Highways Have Got to Go
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A leading advocacy group is calling for the removal of 15 urban highways built on land from which millions of BIPOC residents were forcibly displaced — including the site of the Tulsa race massacre of 1921.
Tammy Duckworth: Every Station Must Be Accessible
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A groundbreaking new bill would help make every transit station in America accessible to American residents with disabilities — and stop critical accessibility improvements from being put off a moment longer.
How Cities Should Analyze Crashes that Kill Peds
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A team of advocates has produced what may be the most comprehensive report on crashes that kill pedestrians — and it’s prompting a call for a similar approach to be adopted across the country.
Study: Congestion Pricing Might Get Drivers Out of SUVs
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U.S. drivers are buying increasingly huge cars, in part because of all the time they spend stuck inside them at rush hour — but a new study suggests that if drivers had to pay congestion tolls, they’d be significantly more likely to pick smaller vehicles.
20 is Plenty: Org Puts Up $18M for the ‘Speed Vaccine’
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A massive coalition of global health authorities, government leaders and advocates are calling on communities around the world to inoculate themselves against the other pandemic that’s killing their residents during COVID-19: speeding drivers.