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Kea Wilson

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Advocates Hope D.C.’s Proposed Right-On-Red Ban Will Inspire National Reform

By Kea Wilson | Sep 28, 2022 | No Comments
The nation's capital is poised to become the second major city in the United States to repeal a dangerous law that allowed drivers to make right turns at red lights — and some advocates believe other communities are overdue to follow.
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Study: Downtown Congestion is Still Down — And It Could Help Explain Roadway Dangers

By Kea Wilson | Sep 28, 2022 | No Comments
Downtown rush hour has still not roared back to pre-pandemic levels even as car travel surges in the suburbs, a new study finds — and it may help explain why traffic deaths have stayed so stubbornly high in U.S. communities.
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Study: ‘Pedestrian Delivery Robots’ Have a Lot of the Same Challenges As … Pedestrians

By Kea Wilson | Sep 28, 2022 | No Comments
Sidewalk delivery robots struggle to get around U.S. cities for many of the same reasons as human pedestrians, a new study finds — but that's not the only reason why the emerging technology might struggle to deliver on its car-cutting promises without careful planning.
Mayor Jim Brainerd, with a friend. Main photo: JimBrainerd.Com

‘We Couldn’t Take A Roundabout Out if We Wanted To’: An Interview with Jim Brainerd, Mayor of Carmel, Ind.

By Kea Wilson | Sep 22, 2022 | No Comments
The Indianapolis suburb of Carmel has become internationally famous for its commitment to a hotly-debated traffic safety intervention known as the "roundabout." It wasn't always that way, though — until Mayor Jim Brainerd came along. 
High tech doesn't mean high value says author Paris Marx (inset). \Main photo: Samuele Errico Piccarini via Unsplash, CC

How Tech Billionaires are Threatening America’s Transportation Future

By Kea Wilson | Sep 14, 2022 | No Comments
Author Paris Marx reveals exactly what's wrong with the fantasies of some of the most prominent transportation tech "visionaries" of our time, and draws a blueprint for a better mobility system based on serving the needs of the many.
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School Bus ‘Stop Arm’ Cameras Work — So Why Don’t More States Use Them?

By Kea Wilson | Sep 13, 2022 | No Comments
Artificial intelligence can protect children as they get on and off the bus — at least in cities that allow school districts to install life-saving technology. 
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Epic 150-Kid ‘Bike Bus’ Shows America a Better Way to Get to School

By Kea Wilson | Sep 8, 2022 | No Comments
A viral video of hundreds of students biking to school together shows how to give more kids the opportunity to get to school on their own two wheels.
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Three Reasons So Many Drivers Leave Pedestrians and Bicyclists to Die

By Kea Wilson | Sep 8, 2022 | No Comments
A spate of pedestrian and cyclists deaths at the hands of hit-and-run drivers in St. Louis is sparking a national conversation about the unique reasons why so many drivers leave their victims to die — and what it will take to stop them.
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Opinion: The E-Bike Is Not a ‘Monstrosity’; Car Culture Is

By Kea Wilson | Sep 6, 2022 | No Comments
On Wednesday, Atlantic columnist Ian Bogost unleashed the full ire of bike Twitter with the publication of his essay, "The E-Bike is a Monstrosity." Streetsblog had some thoughts.
Image description: Sarah and Dan Langenkamp pose with their two young sons at a swimming pool. Photo: GoFundMe

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

By Kea Wilson | Sep 1, 2022 | No Comments
The husband of a U.S. diplomat who survived an evacuation from war-torn Ukraine only to be killed in a car crash as she biked on a Maryland road is raising money to stop other families from having to endure similar tragedies — and urging the public to reckon with an epidemic of traffic violence that's left his children without a mother.
Photo: Streetsblog.

How To Design Better Cities For ‘Unseen’ Cyclists

By Kea Wilson | Aug 30, 2022 | No Comments
Bicycles play a radically different role in the lives of many cyclists experiencing housing insecurity, a new study suggests — and policymakers don't always do enough to consider the unique needs of people who bike for their survival. 
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Vermont First State to Offer E-Bike Rebate

By Kea Wilson | Aug 29, 2022 | No Comments
As states across America consider subsidizing the purchase of e-bikes to get people out of cars, Vermont just quietly became the first one to actually do it.
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