Kea Wilson
Recent Posts
Streetsblog 101: Car Culture is a Toxic Masculinity Problem
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Our primer on how car ads created the very idea of macho — and why it's killing us.
Three Simple Ways to Make Cities More Walkable
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America doesn’t need an ambitious pedestrian safety target. We need seven of them.
U.S. Breaks With World on Pledge to Cut Roadway Deaths
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American delegates distanced themselves from key elements of a global safety pledge that would halve road deaths in 10 years.
Ten Simple Policies to Subtract Cars From Our Streets
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Want less road carnage? We need fewer cars on the roads. Here are some tools cities are already using (and should consider using) to save lives and reduce auto use.
Vision Zero is Missing Something Big: Getting Cars Off the Road
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A leading transportation researcher argues for the addition of a sixth pillar to the five-part strategy.
The Secret Villains Behind Traffic Violence: Auto Lenders
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Americans are taking on more debt than ever at the car dealership — and the rise in risky auto lending has everything to do with our national rise in pedestrian fatalities
Pedestrians Aren’t Even Safe From Car Crashes Inside Buildings
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500 people die every year in *non*-roadway car crashes — because so many cars crash through building walls.
Anti-Car-Dependency Dems Don’t Have a Presidential Candidate
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If you believe in breaking car culture, you won't find a 2020 candidate committed to doing it.
Why We Should Be Even More Nervous About AVs
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Eighty-five percent of Americans are concerned about sharing the road with still-untested autonomous cars. But perfecting the tech may not be enough to make AVs safer.
Another City Eliminated Non-Driver Deaths in 2019
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Here's what we can learn from its example
Want Action? Here’s How to Photograph a Pothole
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If your city won't build a protected bike lane, the least it can do is fix the streets you've got. Here's how to help make that happen.
Federal Bus Grants Are Just Too Damn Low
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Federal bus grants of $454.6 million sound like a lot...until you consider that it's for the whole country.