Kea Wilson
Recent Posts
Lime CEO Says it’s Time for America to Break Up With the Private Car
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Between 42,000 crash deaths a year and rising tailpipe emissions that are swiftly killing the planet, America's long love affair with the privately owned car is a toxic relationship.
The Debt Ceiling Deal Could Be Bad News For Freeway Fighters
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A poison pill buried within the new debt ceiling deal would "gut" key elements of the nation's bedrock environmental law in exchange for preventing a national default and could make it easier for highway-building agencies to expedite road projects that harm vulnerable communities for generations, advocates warn.
Every Growing City Should Heed Austin’s New Parking Law
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One of America's fastest-growing cities has eliminated parking minimums citywide, sending a clear message that a flood of new residents doesn't have to be followed by a flood new asphalt.
Truck Deaths Are Up 71% — Will Feds Require New Tech?
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Will U.S. regulators let thousands of U.S. residents die preventable deaths just to save fleet operators a few dollars?
Opinion: What Two Massacres in Texas — One With a Car, One With a Gun — Reveal About America’s Culture of Violence
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Two eerily similar mass killings in Texas had very different coverage. One involved a gun. The other, a car.
Why It’s So Hard to Import Small Trucks That Are Less Lethal to Pedestrians
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A rise in rural Americans buying miniature trucks from Japan that meet their needs better than U.S. megacars is renewing calls for Congress to make it easier to buy smaller, safer vehicles from overseas — at least while U.S. automakers refuse to produce them here.
A Teen Activist’s Message to Transportation Leaders That Everyone Needs To Hear
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Teenage climate organizers are standing up to adult policymakers.
Advocates Urge Feds To Not Weaken Already-Weak Crash Reporting Guidelines
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A new set of federal crash reporting guidelines could actually encourage cities to collect less data about the systemic factors behind the national traffic violence epidemic by treating basic information about road design at crash sites as optional.
Chevy to Discontinue One of the Only Electric Sedans on the Market
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Just days after the Chevy Bolt was announced as one of just two small-ish electric cars eligible for federal EV tax credits, General Motors says it will discontinue its top-selling green model by the end of the year.
How Municipalities Can Follow New York’s Lead and Stop Government Cars From Speeding
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Some of America's most prominent sustainable transportation advocacy organizations are challenging governments to embrace a ground-breaking technology that makes it impossible for drivers to speed — starting with the vehicles in their own fleets.
Exactly How Much Less America Walks Than Other Countries, In Five Charts
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Two mobility researchers took on the daunting task of standardizing a messy range of global data on walking. And, of course, the U.S. stinks.
Biden’s ‘EV Revolution’ Will Pay Americans to Drive Some Really Dangerous Cars
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The government is poised to pay Americans to buy big electric cars that 1) are known to be more dangerous, 2) that require a maximum amount of exploitative and destructive mineral extraction, and 3) will disproportionately benefit the wealthiest Americans. Mission accomplished.