Kea Wilson
Recent Posts
Can Auto Enthusiasts Help Fight Car Dependency?
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A new video about the dangers of car dependency by a popular automotive vlogger is prompting a conversation about how people who love cars can help dismantle a transportation system that privileges autos above all else.
How a Transit App for the Blind Could Revolutionize How Everyone Rides
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An app for people with visual impairments could help dismantle one of the steepest barriers that many Americans face.
Four Factors Driving the Bus Operator Shortage (And What to Do About Them)
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Bus driver shortages are undermining transit agencies' efforts to recover from the pandemic. Here's what can be done.
Why Pedestrian-Unfriendly Cities Have Fewer Car Crashes Per Mile
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Car-dominated Phoenix actually experiences fewer car crashes per mile than Vision Zero leaders like San Francisco and New York — but the real takeaway is that city leaders could use that next-gen safety data to make human-scaled streets safer for everyone, not just drivers.
What The Proposed GHG Rule Will (And Won’t) Do for the Climate
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Federal regulators want local governments to track transportation sector emissions — but they can't do much to force communities to reduce those emissions, never mind doing so in ways that would address the other damages of car dependency, experts say.
A New Jersey City Eliminated Traffic Deaths For 4 Years — And Now It’s Trying to End Injuries, Too
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Hoboken, N.J. has a thing or two to teach its big time neighbor to the east about Vision Zero.
The Real Scandal Buried in the Uber Leak
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The Uber leak revealed the ruthless quest the company undertook to achieve its car-dependent vision for the future of city transportation — but that vision itself deserves just as much censure as the app-taxi giant's bare-knuckle tactics, advocates say.
Wait, Wut? The US, Where Road Violence is a National Crisis, Wants to Advise Other Countries?!
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Don't do as I say — and definitely don't do as I do!
Advocates: U.S. Needs Vision Zero for Railroads Following Mo. Crash
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Safety advocates are demanding action following an Amtrak derailment that could have been prevented if policymakers had funded the basic infrastructure and policy changes that safety hawks have been recommending for decades.
Four Things Advocates Need to Know About the ‘Reconnecting Communities’ Program
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A disappointingly small federal fund to repair the devastation inflicted by highway builders on predominantly Black, brown, and poor communities is now accepting applications. But more needs to be done.
ANALYSIS: These Advocates Want You to Deflate Your Neighbor’s SUV Tires
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A secretive network of activists are deflating SUV tires in urban neighborhoods around the world to physically force their drivers to find less dangerous and polluting ways to get around — and in the process, they're prompting a conversation about the role of illegal direct action in the movement to end car dependence.
Analysis: There Are No 15-Minute Cities in a Post-Roe America
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The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will increase the average round-trip travel distance required to reach the closest legal abortion care provider from 50 miles to a staggering 250.