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Covering the movement to end car dependency and improve biking, walking and transit in America.

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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>

Kea Wilson

speed governors

States Across America Are Taking Action to Stop ‘Super Speeders’

Tiffany Smith is a public health practitioner who collaborates with transportation professionals, advocates, and policymakers to advance health, income, and racial equity through Vision Zero efforts nationwide. She supports communities in applying the Safe System approach to build proactive and equitable road safety strategies.

Tiffany Smith

Speed

What It’s Really Like to Drive a Car With Intelligent Speed Assist

Natalie Draisin is a visionary leader in safe, sustainable mobility. As Director of the North American Office and United Nations Representative for the FIA Foundation, she has championed transformative initiatives. Natalie played a pivotal role in integrating road safety into the UN Sustainable Development Goals, led Congressional efforts urging the World Bank to adopt minimum safety standards, and secured adoption of the FIA’s Road Safety Index by Fortune 500 companies and the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services. She holds an MPH/MBA and BA in public health from Johns Hopkins, was recognized as a TUMI Remarkable Woman in Transportation, and is a recipient of the Global Vision Zero Leadership Award.

Natalie Draisin

Tom DeVito is the National Director of Families for Safe Streets, with 12 years of experience in transportation and safety advocacy. He helped launch Families for Safe Streets in New York during his first tenure at Transportation Alternatives (2013–2020), and later served as Senior Policy Manager for the Bluebikes and Citi Bike public bikeshare systems in Boston and New York (2020–2023). A skilled community organizer and strategist, Tom has played a key leadership role in many major policy wins such as New York City’s speed limit reductions (including the passage of Sammy’s Law), the 14th Street busway, congestion pricing, expanded funding for safer street designs and the passage of the Streets Master Plan, and growing the largest speed safety camera program in North America. He returned to Families for Safe Streets in 2023 to lead its national growth through a new strategic plan.

Tom DeVito

speeding

How State-Level ISA Bills Are Gaining Ground in a Polarized America

Wen Hu is a senior research transportation engineer at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Wen Hu

Speed limits

Why More Communities Are Reconsidering Speed Limits From a Pedestrian’s Perspective

This story is the work of the Streetsblog staff.

Streetsblog

Friday Video

Friday Video: Why So Many Speed Limits Just Don’t Work

Lori Markowitz is a member of Families for Safe Streets and lives in Seattle. Since Josh’s death, she has become a street safety advocate in her community — serving on the executive board of Washington State Traffic Safety Commission and Speed Management Advisory Cooperation Committee.

Lori Markowitz

Op-Ed: Anti-Speeding Technology Could Have Saved My Son