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Kea Wilson

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Image via Hour Car.

Could Car Share Become a Part of Transit?

By Kea Wilson | Oct 22, 2020 | No Comments
For more than 20 years, U.S. car-sharing services have failed to deliver on the promise of reducing private vehicle ownership at large scale — but an innovative new business model rolling out on the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul soon may give the industry the jolt it needs.
Photo: Wikipedia Commons

Can This App Tell You If You Live in a ’15 Minute Neighborhood’?

By Kea Wilson | Oct 21, 2020 | No Comments
A new tool can help you advocate for your cities to cultivate the walkable amenities that are missing, as well as create safe routes to reach them.
This is the kind of Robert Moses legacy that must be undone or stopped. Photo: Texas Department of Transportation

Four Ways Cities Can Repeal the Legacy of Robert Moses

By Kea Wilson | Oct 20, 2020 | No Comments
Robert Moses's approach to transportation planning defined American cities for generations. Now, it's time to dismantle that dangerous and racist legacy.
Joan Claybrook's official portrait for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Source: NHTSA.

‘The Auto Industry Went Beserk’: Five Questions with Joan Claybrook, Former Head of NHTSA

By Kea Wilson | Oct 16, 2020 | No Comments
The first woman head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reflects on her successes — retractable stop signs on buses, mandatory crash test standards, airbags and the end of hood ornaments, for instance — and the construct battle against auto makers.
A bike path in Amsterdam. Image: Px Here via Creative Commons

Exactly How Far U.S. Street Safety Has Fallen Behind Europe, in Three Bombshell Charts

By Kea Wilson | Oct 13, 2020 | No Comments
We knew it was bad, but not THIS bad.
Source: Px Here via Creative Commons

Study: Transit Is Failing Non-White Night Shift Workers

By Kea Wilson | Oct 13, 2020 | No Comments
Mass transit is a lifeline to opportunity for low income Americans. But most of them live in neighborhoods that are poorly served by buses and trains — especially at night.
Light rail on Portland's Tilikum bridge. Photo: Atomic Taco

Portland Asks: Should Corporations Pay for Transit?

By Kea Wilson | Oct 9, 2020 | No Comments
The Portland area is poised to pass a ballot measure that could radically increase pedestrian infrastructure and transit access for communities of color — but opposition is coming from big corporations like Nike, which has virtue signaled Black Lives Matter.
New York City has found the money for mask dispensers like these — but without a national mask mandate on transit, it's unclear how many riders across the country will be wearing face coverings. Source: MTA via Creative Commons.

Trump Admin Rejects Transit Mask Mandate, Endangering Transport — Again

By Kea Wilson | Oct 7, 2020 | No Comments
The Trump administration declined the request from a prominent transit workers' union the same day the President was admitted to a tax payer-funded hospital for coronavirus.
Source: Creative Commons

Why A New Michigan Law Has Non-Drivers Buying Car Insurance

By Kea Wilson | Oct 7, 2020 | No Comments
...and chances are, your state's insurance laws are probably even worse.
Sorry, Elon. Image: Steve Jurvetson via Creative Commons.

Study: We Can’t Fix Transportation-Related Climate Emissions With EVs Alone

By Kea Wilson | Oct 5, 2020 | No Comments
And a major shift to public transit and active modes is the only realistic answer.
The tree wasn't wearing a helmet. Photo: Anthony Quintano/Flickr

Road Fatality Rates Reach Highest Level in 15 Years

By Kea Wilson | Oct 2, 2020 | No Comments
It's official: walkers who ventured outdoors during COVID-19 lockdowns had a greater chance of being killed on our autocentric roads than any time in the past 15 years despite historic declines in driving.
This is the danger to pedestrians.

‘National Pedestrian Safety Month’ Campaign Is An Offensive Parade of Dangerous Traffic Violence Myths

By Kea Wilson | Oct 1, 2020 | No Comments
Our tax dollars paid for this? The first federally funded "National Pedestrian Safety Month" is centered around a press campaign aimed at blaming walkers themselves.
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