Kea Wilson
Recent Posts
Want to Stop Car Crashes? Study the Near-Misses
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A pilot program in Bellevue, Wash. is using anonymized video and big data to stop crashes before they happen.
Four Things to Know About Biden's Energy Plan
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The candidate's plan has...just about everything in it. But which programs will actually get the most federal money?
Post-COVID, Workers Still Don't Want a Car Commute
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If employers give the workers what they want, we can end three pandemics: COVID-19, climate change, and traffic violence.
Washington Gives Lanes Back to People on State Roads
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A state DOT program will expand city leaders' toolboxes for delivering residents changes they actually want.
Don’t Let the School Bus be COVID-19’s Next Victim
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As school re-openings loom, the school bus industry is organizing support for the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act, a $10-billion Senate bill that would provide relief to transportation providers — including school-bus operators — that earlier federal relief packages overlooked. And if CERTS doesn’t pass, transit advocates warn that the country is at […]
U.S. States Should Imitate This Scottish E-Bike Program
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Subsidizing e-bikes is a no-brainer in the best of times — and in a pandemic, it could be a life-saver.
Creating ‘Protest Streets’ Won’t Work Because of Cops
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Can good street design really "protect" protesters — and the right to protest itself — from police brutality? No.
Can Tactical Urbanism Be a Tool for Equity?
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The creators of "tactical urbanism" sit down with Streetsblog to talk about where their quick-build methods are going in a historic moment that is finally centering real community engagement.
'Green New Deal Highway Bill' Passes But is DOA in Senate
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Mitch McConnell just accidentally created a lot of new fans for a Democratic infrastructure bill. The Senate majority leader reacted to the news that the House had passed a massive new infrastructure act by calling it “a thousand-page cousin of the Green New Deal, masquerading as a highway bill” — providing an inadvertently helpful reframing […]
The Streetsblog Guide to the INVEST Act
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The House reportedly likely to vote on a major infrastructure bill soon — and if it passes, it will have big consequences for the future of sustainable transportation in the U.S. The Moving Forward Act is a massive, $1.5-trillion bill that will have sweeping implications for housing, climate change, water, and land use in addition […]
When Highway Overpasses Become Housing
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The evection of unhoused people underneath a highway overpass in St. Louis race is serious questions, not only about city policy, but about a national trend of criminalizing people without homes.
On 'Private Places' and Spatial Anti-Blackness
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Two white homeowners threatened the lives of Black Lives Mater protesters in on a private street in St. Louis on Sunday, raising new questions about anti-Black racism in pseudo-public space.