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Kea Wilson

Recent Posts

Building for cars has just brought more cars.

America is Spending Billions Just to Make Traffic Worse

By Kea Wilson | Mar 11, 2020 | No Comments
And these five graphics made it clearer than ever.
Source: Public Domain

Streetsblog 101: How Media Help Build Car Culture

By Kea Wilson | Mar 5, 2020 | No Comments
Journalists reinforce anti-sustainable transportation sentiment in all kinds of ways — but they don't have to.

Memo from Seattle: Burying Crumbling Urban Highways Isn’t the Answer

By Kea Wilson | Mar 4, 2020 | No Comments
It's tunnel vision! Lawmakers in New York are looking to Seattle for advice on how to fix a crumbling highway — but the Emerald City's experiment with a highway tunnel is no model. Here's why.
Caltrans's answer to 'Pedestrian safety' as seen in Oakland. Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick

Auto Right-of-Way Laws Are Where America Went Wrong

By Kea Wilson | Mar 3, 2020 | No Comments
Before the widespread adoption of the automobile, every road user had to think critically about whose turn it was to go — and a pedestrian in a car's path *always* meant the driver had to stand down.
Source: Daniel Foster via Creative Commons.

The Broken Promises of the Ride-Share Revolution

By Kea Wilson | Mar 2, 2020 | No Comments
Uber, Lyft and their brethren promised to revolutionize mobility forever. Instead, they just exaggerated the worst aspects of car culture.
Source: Creative Commons
The higher the

Study: Car Sticker Price is a Predictor of Driver Aggression Towards Walkers

By Kea Wilson | Feb 28, 2020 | No Comments
The more expensive the car, the less likely the driver is to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk. But why?
Source: Metro.

Streetsblog 101: Car Culture is a Toxic Masculinity Problem

By Kea Wilson | Feb 27, 2020 | No Comments
Our primer on how car ads created the very idea of macho — and why it's killing us.
What not to do. Photo: Don Kostelec.

How To Make Every City Walkable in Three Infographics

By Kea Wilson | Feb 25, 2020 | No Comments
America doesn’t need an ambitious pedestrian safety target. We need seven of them.
The Second Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety. Via Creative Commons.

U.S. Breaks With World on Pledge to Cut Roadway Deaths

By Kea Wilson | Feb 24, 2020 | No Comments
American delegates dissociated themselves from key elements of a global safety pledge that would halve road deaths in 10 years.

Ten Simple Policies to Subtract Cars From Our Streets

By Kea Wilson | Feb 24, 2020 | No Comments
Want less road carnage? We need fewer cars on the roads. Here are some tools cities are already using (and should consider using) to save lives and reduce auto use.
People enjoying a car-free realm at Patricia's Green

Vision Zero is Missing Something Big: Getting Cars Off the Road

By Kea Wilson | Feb 24, 2020 | No Comments
A leading transportation researcher argues for the addition of a sixth pillar to the five-part strategy.
Via Creative Commons.

The Secret Villains Behind Traffic Violence: Auto Lenders.

By Kea Wilson | Feb 20, 2020 | No Comments
Americans have access to more car loans than ever — and they're buying pedestrian-killing SUVs.
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