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Kea Wilson

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This sunny bus stop is in the U.K....but we'll bet there are some great ones across the pond, too. Image: PxHere, CC

America: Show Us Your Best Bus Stops!

By Kea Wilson | Mar 7, 2022 | No Comments
For 2022 only, we're inviting you to send us your submissions for America's Best Bus Stop. Here's how. 
Image: Marco Verch, CC

St. Louis Lawmakers Refuse to Ban Legislating While Driving … While Driving

By Kea Wilson | Mar 4, 2022 | No Comments
St. Louis's controversial decision to vote down a resolution that would have banned legislators from voting over Zoom while driving is sparking a heated conversation about distracted driving, and how little America does to stop it.
Rendering of Franklin Boulevard Complete Streets Project, Sacramento. Image: City of Sacramento

USDOT Tackles Overlooked Barriers to ‘Complete Streets’ — And Sparks Debate

By Kea Wilson | Mar 3, 2022 | No Comments
No "complete streets" policy will truly be complete until federal agencies dismantle the structural barriers that make safe transportation networks so hard to build in the first place, new U.S. DOT guidance says.
Photo: NC DOT

THE BRAKE: Why Road Diets Fail — And How to Help Them Win

By Kea Wilson | Mar 1, 2022 | No Comments
This week's episode of The Brake tackles the tough questions of why redesigning killer roads is so controversial.
A cyclist rides in an unprotected door-zone bike lane on Washington Avenue. Photo: Google

When Road Diets Get Rolled Back: Philadelphia Edition

By Kea Wilson | Feb 24, 2022 | No Comments
When should transportation leaders stop and listen to community members who resist road safety projects — and when should they carry on with plans to calm dangerous streets?
Image: GMC

Why Traffic Violence Victims Can’t Sue Automakers That Advertise Cars That Kill

By Kea Wilson | Feb 18, 2022 | No Comments
Legal experts explain why the victims of traffic violence can't likely sue U.S. automakers on the basis that their advertising campaigns lead drivers to misuse cars.

THE BRAKE: Why There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Car Accident’

By Kea Wilson | Feb 15, 2022 | No Comments
In our new Streetsblog USA podcast, we talk to journalist and sustainable transportation advocate Jessie Singer about her new book, "There Are No Accidents."
A good old-fashioned door zone sharrow. Image: Eric Fischer, CC

World’s Sorriest Bike Infrastructure

By Kea Wilson | Feb 14, 2022 | No Comments
Last week, the good people behind the must-watch YouTube channel Not Just Bikes took to Twitter to ask their followers a critical question: what's the worst "bike-centered" road project you've ever seen, and what, exactly, makes it so bad? 
Image: NVIDIA Corporation, CC

Six Ways AVs Could Reshape Cities; Not for the Better

By Kea Wilson | Feb 10, 2022 | No Comments
A recent Congressional hearing on "the road ahead for automated vehicles" largely ignored the potentially devastating effect that personally owned AVs could have on the neighborhoods those cars drive through.
The sticker always hides the true cost of car ownership ... on the owner and society.

STUDY: What A Lifetime of Car Ownership Costs

By Kea Wilson | Feb 9, 2022 | No Comments
The average motorist will pay a whopping $650,000 on the low end to own a car over his or her lifetime, and society will pick up over 40 percent of the tab, a new study finds.

Feds: Megacar Owners Actually Drove More In 2020 Than 2019

By Kea Wilson | Feb 8, 2022 | No Comments
The owners of the largest passenger cars on the road actually drove more in 2020 than they did in 2019, according to new data that can also explain why road deaths surged so sharply during the early days of the pandemic.
A woman holds a Just Transition Now sign at a rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Image: Lorie Shaull, CC

Does America Need a ‘Mobility Bill of Rights’?

By Kea Wilson | Feb 7, 2022 | No Comments
And more important: what should be included in it?
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