streetblog-usa-logo-alt

streetblog-usa-logo-dark

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

Basics

Streetsblog Network Bar

Topics

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

streetsblog-usa-logo

Streetsblog USA

<p>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 previously worked at Strong Towns, and currently lives in St. Louis, MO. Kea can be reached at <a href="mailto:kea@streetsblog.org">kea@streetsblog.org</a> or on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/streetsblogkea">@streetsblogkea</a>. Please reach out to her with tips and submissions.</p>


cropped-cropped-Round-SB-USA-Stroke-2160px.png

Kea Wilson

Kids sidewalk

Children

Japan’s ‘Old Enough!’ Sparks Questions About Car-Dependent US Childhoods

SUV-smog-pollution with buttigieg

Climate Change

Buttigieg’s New Emissions Standards Fail to Close ‘Light Truck Loophole’

Kea Headshot square

Original public domain image from Wikimedia Commons

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Study: Megacar Drivers Up to 4x More Likely to Hit Walkers While Turning

Kids-in-front-of-truck longer

ADAS

Fed. Vehicle Safety Rating Update Won’t Get Megacars Off the Road

AJ LaTrace

FL_AN2vXEAUtVbF

Driving

How my Chicago Auto Show tweets reignited the debate over unsafe vehicle design

COVID Pick up

Car crashes

Feds: Megacar Owners Actually Drove More In 2020 Than 2019

Dodge Durango

"Accidents"

That Viral Dodge Ad Isn’t the First Time Automakers Compared Drivers to ‘Predators’

SUVs