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Kea Wilson

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Lime is a scooter company. Is this the kind of activism it will support, or will it see its mission find more limited to the design of streets? Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Will Micromobility Co's Turn Riders Into Activists?

By Kea Wilson | Jun 29, 2020 | No Comments
Will "Lime Action" succeed in the noble goal of supporting an advocate-set agenda for our mobility future? What is that agenda? Time will tell.
Marin Transit Source: Wikimedia Commons. Uber Transit Source:  Flickr via Creative Commons.

Why One Transit Agency Is Paying Uber $80k

By Kea Wilson | Jun 26, 2020 | No Comments
San Francisco Bay Area agency Marin Transit signed a deal that will allow its riders to buy their bus tickets directly from the Uber app — agreeing to pay the company a subscription fee as much as $80,000 over two years for the use of its software. The move raised hackles among some transit advocates, who are skeptical of the e-taxi industry's corrosive impact on public transportation ridership.
Screenshot from the Moving to Action panel, Youtube

Why 'Centering Equity is a Matter of Life and Death'

By Kea Wilson | Jun 24, 2020 | No Comments
Five visionary leaders shared their wisdom on how to take antiracist action in the built environment professions. Here are a few of the highlights for Streetsblog readers.
Source: Creative Commons.

Car Sales Are On the Rise — Especially Trucks and SUVs

By Kea Wilson | Jun 23, 2020 | No Comments
Drivers aren't just buying more cars than they were a month ago — they're buying bigger ones.
Tiffanie Stanfield, founder of the St. Louis, Mo. based non-profit Fighting Hit and Run Driving.

'Fighting H.A.R.D.' Against Hit-and-Runs

By Kea Wilson | Jun 22, 2020 | No Comments
As the founder of H.A.R.D., Tiffanie Stanfield fights against a traffic violence epidemic with a uniquely high impact on the Black community — and she wants you to join her.
Source: Flickr/Creative Commons

What ‘Abolish the Police’ Could Mean for Street Safety

By Kea Wilson | Jun 22, 2020 | No Comments
What does #defundthepolice really mean for road safety — in the broadest sense of that term?
A PDS senses three white-presenting pedestrians in its path. Source: Virginia Department of Transportation via Creative Commons.

Study: Driverless Cars Bad at Detecting Dark Skin

By Kea Wilson | Jun 17, 2020 | No Comments
Driverless cars are worse at detecting darker skin pigments, meaning that autonomous vehicles might not solve the already disproportionate pedestrian death toll faced by black communities, according to a new study.
Source: Creative Commons.

Three Signs This Might Be Micromobility’s Big Moment

By Kea Wilson | Jun 17, 2020 | No Comments
From soaring ridership to major expansion, there's new evidence that reports of the micromobility industry's early death to COVID-19 may have been greatly exaggerated.
Source: Jimmy Emersen/Creative Commons.

Study: Police Aren't Deterring Texting Drivers Much

By Kea Wilson | Jun 12, 2020 | No Comments
An over-focus on enforcement poses unconscionable dangers to black residents — and it doesn't even deter many dangerous drivers.
Source:  California State PTA.

Getting Police out of 'Safe' Routes to School

By Kea Wilson | Jun 10, 2020 | No Comments
Black activists have long maintained that police presence is a barrier to the safe use of the streets for Black children. Now, a major national program is listening — and making big changes.
Source: U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Spencer Slocum via  Creative Commons

Trump Order Will Pollute Black Communities

By Kea Wilson | Jun 8, 2020 | No Comments
By dismantling key environmental protections, Trump is empowering cities to build highways through black neighborhoods — a heinous form of environmental racism that has killed countless Americans.
The North Houston Highway Improvement Project will expand already vast swaths of highway
through the middle of Houston, displacing homes and businesses and dividing communities.
Image: Texas Dept. of Transportation

Houston’s I-45 Project is More ‘Urban Renewal’ Racism

By Kea Wilson | Jun 8, 2020 | No Comments
Racist highway policies of the 1940s and 1950s are still with us today.
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