Wyatt Gordon

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Marilyn Joyner’s home (right) in Richmond continues to be the site of crashes into her home and yard. Image by the author.

Essay: Five Car Crashes, Over $100,000 in Damages, And No Answers

By Wyatt Gordon | Nov 3, 2022 | No Comments

Most people ring in the new year with a glass of champagne and perhaps even a kiss at midnight for good luck. Richmond resident (and my neighbor) Marilyn Joyner started her 2022 in a far worse fashion — with a driver slamming his sedan into the side of her home in the wee hours of the morning.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, center, takes a tour of Richmond’s Jackson Ward Neighborhood, accompanied by Mayor Levar Stoney (right) and Maritza Mercado Pechin, (left) a city planning official. Image courtesy Wyatt Gordon for the Virginia Mercury)

Could Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Help Heal the Scars Highways Created?

By Wyatt Gordon | Dec 13, 2021 | No Comments

From the interstate highway system to public housing, some of America’s most discriminatory and damaging policies have been implemented under the auspices of the need for better infrastructure. A recent visit from Sec. Buttigieg highlighted what the USDOT hopes to do to reverse the harm.

Interstate 95 winds past Main Street Station in Richmond, Virginia. Photo: Ned Oliver/ Virginia Mercury

Slowing Down Virginia Drivers

By Wyatt Gordon | Jul 21, 2021 | No Comments

Controversies around equitable enforcement and the political unpopularity of speeding cameras mean that no one can say what Virginia's new road-safety program will look like when details are debuted this fall.