Kea Wilson
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Report: Three Million People Could Lose Transit Access Soon
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And Black, brown and low-income city residents will bear the brunt.
Why Your City Doesn’t Map Its Worst Car Crashes
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The idea of a "High Injury Network" isn't new. But a surprising number of cities don't bother to map it.
D.C. Shows What To Do When Your Vision Zero Plan Is Failing
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The nation's capital is failing to meet its Vision Zero goal — but it's not taking the loss lying down.
Top Highway Safety Org Recommends Reform in Traffic Policing; Activists Say We Need Abolition
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An influential transportation safety organization recommended ways to cut racism from traffic policing — but stopped short of advocating to get police out of traffic enforcement altogether.
Congress Sells Out Non-Drivers by Reauthorizing FAST Act
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Congress passed a short-term spending bill that will renew funding for our existing car-focused infrastructure, missing an opportunity to reform a broken system that's killing our planet and its people.
This Tech Could Stop Drivers from Double-Parking and Blocking Bike Lanes
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A new pilot project that launches today could change the way American cities do on-street parking — and finally stop delivery drivers from double-parking in the bike lane to boot.
Trump’s Road Grants Favor Red, Rural Projects
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Obama's signature TIGER program became just another highway fund when President Trump rechristened it BUILD — but this may be the worst year yet.
Human Driver of ‘Driverless’ Car Charged in 2018 Ped Death
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But safe streets advocates fear that by holding accountable only the person behind the wheel — rather than the other parties involved in the crash — justice won't really be done.
The Other Type of Car Pollution That Harms Us All
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Noise pollution from busy roads is nearly as harmful to our health as air pollution.
How to Remake Streets for Kids During COVID-19
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Cities need to keep their youngest residents safe, healthy, and learning in their own neighborhood thanks to a pandemic that is putting roughly 80 percent of U.S. students on remote learning. Here's how.
Quarantine Saved US Drivers $22B — And Saved Society Far More
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A massive shift to remote work during national COVID-19 lockdowns saved commuters as much as $22 billion in direct commuting costs — and it saved society nearly as much money in avoided car crashes and carbon outputs. But that's only the tip of the iceberg.
Is a Federal Greenway Act What the U.S. Needs to Recover from COVID-19?
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A new effort is underway to build a massive national network of connected walking and cycle infrastructure— and the organization behind it says a $10 billion federal investment in the project would help the country rebound from the economic ravages of COVID-19 in a way that highway spending never could.