Kea Wilson
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Biden Right to Think Beyond DOT
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Opponents of President Biden's infrastructure plan ignore that "transportation infrastructure" must include tackling our frayed social safety nets and our broken street designs.
Protecting Non-Motorists Makes NTSB ‘Most Wanted List’ For the First Time
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For the first time in its 54 year history, the transportation sector's most influential investigative agency wants America to focus on protecting vulnerable road users. What took so long?
Oregon Advocates Sue to Stop Racist Portland Highway Expansion
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Advocates in Portland, Ore. are suing to stop the expansion of an urban renewal era highway project — and possibly writing the next page in the playbook for fighting bad urban freeway redesigns across the United States.
SCOTUS Declines to Hear ‘Pedestrian Safety’ Defense of Anti-Panhandling Laws
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Good news: The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal that might have made it easier for city's to ban pedestrians rather than just fix roadways.
Five Questions About Biden’s Infrastructure Package
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President Biden revealed new details about his transformative new infrastructure package today, but sustainable transportation advocates are already questioning how much it will actually transform our national addiction to cars.
No, We’re Not Getting a Federal VMT Tax (But Maybe We Should)
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Secretary Pete is walking back a statement that suggested a switch from a gas tax to a mileage tax — but he certainly sparked a conversation about the future of the innovative funding mechanism that's unlikely to die down soon.
Why The U.S. Needs a Bold 2030 Mode Shift Target
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America needs to commit to transportation policies that will at least double the number of people who travel by foot, bike or transit by 2030, a leading advocacy group argues.
NEW DETAILS EMERGE: Police Declined To Cite Drivers in Shawn Bradley Crash
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No drivers were cited in the January car crash that paralyzed former NBA star and cyclist Shawn Bradley, and the road on which he was traveling did not have a protected bike lane.
Advocates to Feds: We Need a New Traffic-Control Manual
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A coalition of leading transportation professionals is pushing for an overhaul of the manual that sets many of the most dangerous design guidelines for our car-focused roads — and rejecting a piecemeal public comment process that they say will only put a band-aids over the gaping wounds in our unsafe national transportation standards.
STUDY: Drivers Mostly Use Cruise Control to Speed
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"Cruise control" technology was invented to help drivers maintain a safe and steady speed — but more often, they use it to go faster than they would without it, a new study finds.
NBA Star Shawn Bradley Paralyzed in Crash
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Former Dallas Mavericks player Shawn Bradley announced today that he was struck by a driver while riding his bike, paralyzing the NBA star and reminding America that no one is safe from our national traffic violence epidemic until we commit to ending it.
SORRIEST BUS STOPS 2021: Dude, Where’s My Bus Stop?
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Yep: this sorry bus stop doesn't even have a sign.