Kea Wilson
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Why There Are So Few Monuments to Traffic Violence Victims — And Why It Matters
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People who die in car crashes largely go unmemorialized in the public realm. Here's why that's bad.
Why Do People With Disabilities Have to Sue To Get Accessible Sidewalks?
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Philadelphia is the latest U.S. city to agree to make its sidewalks accessible to people who use assistive devices — though the win would be more significant if people with mobility challenges weren't so often forced to sue to get basic access to the places where they live.
Senators Urge Regulators to ‘Put the Pedal to the Metal’ On Vehicle Safety Standards
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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has been in effect for a full year, but federal transportation leaders still haven't implemented some of its most crucial safety provisions — and advocates and electeds say its time they step up to stem the record-setting tide of traffic deaths on U.S. roads
Research: Permanent Daylight Savings Time Could Save Human and Animal Lives on Our Roads
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Rolling back the clocks in November may give millions of Americans an extra hour of sleep — but it also costs human and animal lives on U.S. roads that could be saved by making daylight savings time permanent, a new study argues.
How a ‘City Bus Manager’ Video Game Could Become an Advocacy Tool
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A new video game releasing today will challenge players to successfully run a virtual version of their city's bus network — and the developers behind it hope it can create a new generation of transit advocates.
Midterm Races that Sustainable Transportation Advocates Are Watching
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Sustainable transportation is on Tuesday's ballot in communities across America — and advocates say that several of the most important aspects our federal transportation future may hang in the balance, too.
Research: Scooters Cut Car Travel and Emissions More Than Previously Thought
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A pair of new studies are challenging the myth that micromobility doesn't cut car travel or reduce more emissions than the modes they tend to replace.
Advocates Warn ‘Reconnecting Communities’ Program Could Actually Expand Highways
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A massive coalition of advocates is calling on the federal Department of Transportation to make sure a historic fund that could tear down harmful urban highways across America isn't used to expand or maintain them instead.
Why the Argo Shut Down Is a Bad Sign For America’s AV Future
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A vehicle automation company known for prioritizing the concerns of vulnerable road users more than others in the industry is closing — and it's sparking new questions about whether the companies that remain can afford to put safety first.
Can An App That Pays Americans to Walk Get Them To Leave Their Cars At Home?
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Its creator is optimistic that the app has the potential to get Americans walking — or at least, to get them talking about why walking matters.
Buttigieg Hates ‘Murderous’ Human Drivers — But AVs Aren’t The Answer
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In shilling for the AV industry, the U.S. Transportation Secretary is succumbing to a fallacy that the goal of reducing car crash deaths and serious injuries is the same as ending them completely.
Safety Group Walks Back Advice to Let Risky Teens Drive Megacars
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A top safety organization is recommending that parents put their teen drivers in larger cars that are safer for occupants but more lethal for pedestrians and cyclists — raising the issue of why we are enlisting children in the SUV arms race rather than making cars smaller and safer for everyone.