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Kea Wilson is Senior Editor for Streetsblog USA. She has more than a dozen years experience as a writer telling emotional, urgent and actionable stories that motivate average Americans to get involved in making their cities better places. She is also a novelist, cyclist, and affordable housing advocate. She lives in St. Louis, MO. For tips, submissions, and general questions, reach out ther at <a href="mailto:kea@streetsblog.org">kea@streetsblog.org,</a> on X at <a href="https://twitter.com/streetsblogkea">@streetsblogkea,</a> or on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social">@keawilson.bsky.social.</a>

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Kea Wilson

Hit and Run Bike in Rearview

Car crashes

Three Reasons So Many Drivers Leave Pedestrians and Bicyclists to Die

Sarah Langenkamp

Bicycle Safety

‘We’re Luring Bicyclists To Their Deaths’: Husband of Diplomat Killed While Cycling Turns Anguish Into Advocacy

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Bad Journalism

Study Seeks To Get Cops To Write Better Crash Reports

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Aggressive Driving

Why Vision Zero Advocates Need to Talk About Anne Heche

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Autonomous cars

The Brake: What Would the ‘Post-Automobility’ Future Look Like?

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Congresswoman’s Driver in Fatal Crash Had History of Troubling Tweets About Driving

This story is the work of the Streetsblog staff.

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THE BRAKE: Why ‘Automobility’ Is About So Much More Than Automobiles

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Why Pedestrian-Unfriendly Cities Have Fewer Car Crashes Per Mile

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A New Jersey City Eliminated Traffic Deaths For 4 Years — And Now It’s Trying to End Injuries, Too

Yonah Freemark is the research director of the Land Use Lab at Urban Institute.

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Yonah Freemark

GMC Sierra

The First Step to Ending Pedestrian Deaths? Tax Heavy Cars In Cities