Kea Wilson
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This Year’s List of the Most Dangerous Cities for Walkers Is Unacceptably Familiar
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Every single state in America but one has gotten more dangerous for walkers in the last two years — and the only one that didn't only managed to maintain its abysmal rate of walking fatalities, rather than reducing it.
New COVID Relief Bill Is a Strong Start To a Long Transit Recovery
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Congress is poised to give the transit industry its most significant lifeline yet in the pandemic, but it may still leave some cities struggling to make it for the long haul, advocates argue.
REPORT: Increase in Death Rate in 2020 Highest One-Year Spike in Almost a Century
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The total annual mileage dropped about 13 percent during the pandemic, meaning that the increase in the death rate was actually the highest since 1924.
Opinion: How Elected Officials Can Improve Public Transit: It Starts with Actually Riding the Bus
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While local officials debate the best ways to improve their respective transit systems, the truth is that most of them lack a real-world perception of their own local transit systems.
Mass. Senator Markey Has Four Bills to Loosen Car Culture’s Grip on U.S. Cities
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The next infrastructure package might bring some of sustainable transportation advocates' most long-sought bills back to life — and establish new pots of money for bike lanes, sidewalks, and more.
No One’s Talking About the Best Thing About The New USPS Mail Truck
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If it looks like a duck ... it's probably a better-designed truck!
Lime Makes Big Bet on Electric Bikeshare
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One of America's largest scooter-share companies is going back to its roots as a bike company — and taking a step into the future by going electric. Could 2021 be the year of the e-bike?
Holland Shows How to Put Pedestrians First in Winter
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Holland has a long history of going above and beyond for people who travel outside cars in the winter — and no, we're not talking about that Holland.
How to Electrify the Nation’s School Buses
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It will take forever to electrify our transit systems, but yellow school buses could be switched over within the decade, a new report says.
Hit-and-Runs Against Cyclists Surge During Quarantine
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Drivers aren't just killing cyclists on quarantine-emptied roads — they're also leaving them to die there.
A Look Back at Bezos’s Dirty Legacy on U.S. Roadways
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Jeff Bezos stepped down from the top spot at Amazon yesterday, but his toxic legacy on America's roadways isn't going anywhere.
MEMO FROM THE MIDWEST: Buttigieg’s American Roots Might Make Him a Great USDOT Secretary
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Is Buttigieg a hayseed Hoosier who wouldn't know a headway from a harvester, or a political ecoterrorist hellbent on leaving rural American in the lurch and laughing all the way to the Amtrak station? Neither: He's a guy from South Bend.