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Kea Wilson

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Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Ten Ways Every City Should Respond to COVID-19 On Its Streets, Compiled by NACTO

By Kea Wilson | Mar 31, 2020 | No Comments
In the absence of federal leadership on how to keep pedestrians and cyclists safe during COVID19, cities are stepping up and sharing resources themselves.
Source: Tactical Urbanism Guide

As Roads Empty To COVID-19, Drivers Who Remain Are Speeding Up. Here’s How to Slow Them Down.

By Kea Wilson | Mar 30, 2020 | No Comments
The virus isn't just a public health emergency for our hospitals. It's also a public health emergency for our roads.
Source: The White House.

Trump Says COVID-19 Deaths May Be the Price We Pay For A Strong Economy — Just Like Traffic Deaths

By Kea Wilson | Mar 25, 2020 | No Comments
Deadly car crashes are not the price we must pay to sustain our civilization. Neither are coronavirus deaths.
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sshb/2912708983> Flickr/Creative Commons.

Suburbanization is Not the Answer To COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | Mar 24, 2020 | No Comments
Yes, contraction rates are higher in denser cities. No, that doesn't mean that the burbs are any safer — and in some ways, they're worse.
Image source: Derrick Pollack/Creative Commons

During COVID-19, Lime and Bird pull back; Spin steps up

By Kea Wilson | Mar 19, 2020 | No Comments
In the midst of a pandemic, is micromobility another way to spread the virus — or more important than ever before?
Source: My Northwest.

Coronavirus Legacy: No One Should Have to Drive to Vote

By Kea Wilson | Mar 18, 2020 | No Comments
It's another corona crisistunity: Ohio's decision to cancel its primary shows the need to improve remote voting, during a public health crisis or not.
A twenty mile per hour neighborhood speed limit saves lives in the best of times. In a pandemic, it can make the difference between an overburdened hospital system and one that's strained to a breaking point. Source Creative Commons.

Lowering Speed Limits Will Help Stop COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | Mar 17, 2020 | No Comments
Hospitals are about to be overwhelmed with virus patients. Let's not strain our health care system any more — we need to reduce speed limits now.
Photo: Mediaite

America is Spending Billions Just to Make Traffic Worse

By Kea Wilson | Mar 11, 2020 | No Comments
Induced demand isn't news to Streetsblog readers. But a new report from Transportation for America illustrates exactly how stupid lane widenings really are.
Source: Public Domain

Streetsblog 101: How Media Help Build Car Culture

By Kea Wilson | Mar 6, 2020 | No Comments
Journalists reinforce anti-sustainable transportation sentiment in all kinds of ways — but they don't have to.
Seattle

Memo from Seattle: Burying Crumbling Urban Highways Isn’t the Answer

By Kea Wilson | Mar 4, 2020 | No Comments
It's tunnel vision! Lawmakers in New York are looking to Seattle for advice on how to fix a crumbling highway — but the Emerald City's experiment with a highway tunnel is no model. Here's why.
Source: Daniel Foster via Creative Commons

The Broken Promises of the Ride-Hail Revolution

By Kea Wilson | Mar 2, 2020 | No Comments
Uber, Lyft and their brethren promised to revolutionize mobility forever. Instead, they just exaggerated the worst aspects of car culture.
Source: Creative Commons

Study: Car Sticker Price is a Predictor of Driver Aggression Towards Walkers

By Kea Wilson | Feb 28, 2020 | No Comments
The more expensive the car, the less likely the driver is to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk. But why?
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