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Kea Wilson

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Source: Tactical Urbanism Guide

As Roads Empty To COVID-19, Drivers Who Remain Are Speeding Up. Here’s How to Slow Them Down.

By Kea Wilson | Mar 30, 2020 | No Comments
The virus isn't just a public health emergency for our hospitals. It's also a public health emergency for our roads.
Image: Uber.

Taxpayers Are Bailing Out Uber and Lyft — Again

By Kea Wilson | Mar 27, 2020 | No Comments
Uber and other tech taxi companies pride themselves on disrupting industries — but now taxpayers are bailing them out.
Car traffic has officially taken an enormous dive in the last week. That's a sign that we're in crisis — and also an enormous opportunity. Source: San Sharma via Creative Commons.

Here’s How Much U.S. Car Traffic Plunged Last Week

By Kea Wilson | Mar 27, 2020 | No Comments
New data reveals that nationwide car traffic dropped 30 percent at the end of last week compared to the same day one month earlier.

COVID-19 Reveals That the Real Cure For Freight Truck Congestion is Fewer Cars

By Kea Wilson | Mar 25, 2020 | No Comments
We don't need more roads — we need fewer cars on the existing roads.

Suburbanization is Not the Answer To COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | Mar 25, 2020 | No Comments
Yes, contraction rates are higher in denser cities. No, that doesn't mean that the burbs are any safer — and in some ways, they're worse.
Source: The White House.

Trump Says COVID-19 Deaths May Be the Price We Pay For A Strong Economy — Just Like Traffic Deaths

By Kea Wilson | Mar 24, 2020 | No Comments
Deadly car crashes are not the price we must pay to sustain our civilization. Neither are coronavirus deaths.
Do you *really* need to drive to the mall just to hang out? Via Creative Commons.

COVID19 Legacy: The Death of the Avoidable Car Trip?

By Kea Wilson | Mar 23, 2020 | No Comments
COVID-19 is requiring us to cut non-essential travel in the short term. It'll be harder to do it in the long term — but it will be worth it.
Image source: Derrick Pollack/Creative Commons

During COVID-19, Lime and Bird pull back; Spin steps up

By Kea Wilson | Mar 19, 2020 | No Comments
Micromobility companies are proving their mettle — or lack thereof.
Expectation: car commercial model soaring gleefully through an uncongested downtown. Reality: This. Image via Creative Commons.

Study: Most Car Owners Wish They Didn’t Have to Drive

By Kea Wilson | Mar 19, 2020 | No Comments
Most people who get behind the wheel every day don't want to be there, a new survey shows.
Source: My Northwest.

Coronavirus Legacy: No One Should Have to Drive to Vote

By Kea Wilson | Mar 18, 2020 | No Comments
It's another corona crisistunity: Ohio's decision to cancel its primary shows the need to improve remote voting, during a public health crisis or not.
Source: Planetizen

Big Data Could Revolutionize Transportation. Is That a Good Thing?

By Kea Wilson | Mar 13, 2020 | No Comments
Most of us are already sharing our location with private corporations almost every day. Could we use that data for good — or do we need to fight Big Brother?
Why yes, in fact, that is a racist depiction of a gang of mostly brown people menacing a white woman with a knife on a public train.

Pop Culture and Public Transit

By Kea Wilson | Mar 12, 2020 | No Comments
Have you ever noticed that almost any time characters ride a bus or a train in a movie, they...kinda hate it?
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