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Kea Wilson

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Source:  Pikrepo via Creative Commons.

COVID-19 Isn’t Dampening Enthusiasm for Labor Day Driving

By Kea Wilson | Sep 4, 2020 | No Comments
Car sales are recovering even as coronavirus rises — and the fact that more people want to buy sedans isn't necessarily good news.
Source: Wikimedia Commons.

How Cop “Courtesy Cards” Keep Dangerous Drivers On the Roads

By Kea Wilson | Sep 4, 2020 | No Comments
A recent exposé explored the corrupt phenomenon of police courtesy cards in the New York area. But for street-safety and mobility-justice advocates, it's just the tip of the iceberg.
An Open Streets event in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Source: Street Lab via Creative Commons.

Ten Cities To Use Open Streets As Tools for Equity

By Kea Wilson | Sep 3, 2020 | No Comments
The winners of a new grant will seek put roads to their highest and best use at this historic moment: helping the most undeserved residents of our cities.
Courtesy: Rad Power Bikes

How To Get More People on E-Bikes

By Kea Wilson | Sep 2, 2020 | No Comments
It will take a different kind of advocacy to increase e-bike adoption in the U.S. — and the whole cycling community might be better for it.
Yes, that *is* an armed law enforcement officer standing mere feet from a child on a bike. Source: NHTSA

Feds Still Think Cops Make Cyclists and Peds Safer

By Kea Wilson | Sep 1, 2020 | No Comments
There's just one thing missing from the federal agency's "idea book" on enhancing police support for road safety : any acknowledgement of the existence of violent structural racism.
Source: Marco Verch via Creative Commons.

Micromobility Trips Explode 60% In One Year

By Kea Wilson | Aug 31, 2020 | No Comments
Scooters are driving the recent micromobility revolution — but don't count out the humble bike just yet.
Source: Pixabay via Creative Commons.

Cal. Fixes Bill that Would’ve Ended Micromobility

By Kea Wilson | Aug 26, 2020 | No Comments
AB 1268 would have made e-scooter-share and e-bike-share companies functionally uninsurable — until advocates successfully pressured California to amend the controversial bill.
An empty bus in downtown San Juan. Photo: Tanya Snyder

Why Buses Were Losing Riders Before COVID

By Kea Wilson | Aug 26, 2020 | No Comments
Hint: It's not because riders simply don't like mass surface transit.
Image source: Derrick Pollack/Creative Commons

The Calif. Law That Could Kill Scooter Share

By Kea Wilson | Aug 25, 2020 | No Comments
Assembly Bill 1286 would functionally ban scooters, e-bikes and other electric-assist modes from the road — if advocates don't speak up.
Joe Biden's first official portrait was taken just weeks after he lost his wife and baby daughter in a car crash. Source: Creative Commons.

Why Hasn't Joe Biden Done More on Traffic Violence?

By Kea Wilson | Aug 24, 2020 | No Comments
Joe Biden would be the first traffic violence widow to occupy the presidency. So why hasn't his tragedy informed his policies?
A Detroit family walks down a street with no sidewalks. Source: Joel Kurth/Bridge Michigan.

The Three A's of Equitable Pedestrian Planning

By Kea Wilson | Aug 21, 2020 | No Comments
Only 40 percent of pedestrian master plans commit to concrete goals to actually reduce equity disparities.
Crash test dummies usually stand in for drivers and car passengers during safety trials — and are rarely used to test how safe vehicles are for pedestrians *outside* cars. Could a new audit help change that? Source:  Peterson Airforce Base via Creative Commons.

Watchdog to Audit Flawed U.S. Motor Vehicle Safety Program

By Kea Wilson | Aug 20, 2020 | No Comments
Our rising pedestrian death toll isn't what prompted the investigation — but could it inadvertently help end it?
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