Kea Wilson
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Study: Success of Drunk Driving Laws is Limited … If Drivers Have No Alternatives
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Lowering the threshold for how much a driver can drink before he gets behind the wheel may not actually make our streets safer — at least if communities don’t provide people who imbibe other ways to get around besides driving, a new study suggests.
‘Very Flawed’ Infrastructure Bill Passes Senate, Imperfect Reconciliation Bill Looms
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The massive infrastructure bill that passed the Senate on Tuesday won't meet the challenges of ending climate change and the U.S. traffic violence crisis, leaving core elements of those critical agendas up to a messy House debate, advocates said.
Biden’s Climate Vision is Too Focused on EVs — Again
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Automakers are lining up in support of new fuel economy standards that will speed the transition to electric vehicles — but only if Congress hands billions to Americans to buy their cars.
Advocates Find More Surprises in Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, Amendments
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As the Senate crawls through hundreds of amendments on President Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure bill, advocates are still combing through the text of the so-called Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill — and they’re finding some surprises they hope will motivate advocates to speak out. Senate negotiators caught the advocacy community off guard early on Monday morning when they […]
Active Transportation Advocates See Silver Lining in Infrastructure Bill
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A handful of critical policy changes buried in the bipartisan infrastructure megabill may quietly revolutionize life for people who walk and roll through U.S. cities — especially if it's amended to include other progressive items a House bill.
Visionary Highway Removal Program Virtually Axed from Fed Infrastructure Package
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Advocates are rallying to restore funding for a visionary highway removal program that was all but entirely removed during the bipartisan infrastructure negotiations.
Infrastructure Deal ‘Worst Ratio for Transit Funding Since Nixon’
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Washington is one step closer to passing an infrastructure package that would provide historic funding for transit, and then immediately undercut it with historic funding for drivers.
Study: America’s SUV Spree Spurred Pedestrian-Death Surge
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The safety that drivers feel behind the wheel of an SUV comes at a deadly cost.
Americans Want Green School Buses, But Congress Sells Them Short
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Most Americans agree its past time to green the nation's fleet of yellow school buses, a new survey finds — but Congress keeps whittling down funding for this common sense, bipartisan priority.
Study: Bike Share Saves the U.S. $36 Million Public Health Dollars Every Year
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More than 40 percent of the savings accounted for by the study ($15 million) were thanks to the Big Apple alone.
Four Myths About Car-Light Cities, Busted
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Authors Melissa and Chris Bruntlett clear up some of the most common misconceptions about the Dutch cycling model that some say should be exported to America.
Why U.S. Car Crash Reporting Is Broken
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Almost a third of car crashes involving a vulnerable road user go unreported in the nation’s capital, skewing District crash totals — but underreporting is far from the only thing wrong with reporting standards across the U.S., advocates say. Last week, Citylab broke an explosive Washington, D.C., study that showed police had failed to record […]