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Kea Wilson

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This stretch of North Grand Boulevard in St. Louis, MO, was ranked among the most dangerous corridors in the country for walkers. Image: Mission STL

The Most Dangerous Roads in America for Walkers

By Kea Wilson | Jul 19, 2021 | No Comments
Three quarters of the most fatal roads in America for pedestrians are located in low-income neighborhoods, a new study finds — and they overwhelmingly share a handful of notoriously dangerous design characteristics that communities can and must eliminate on any corridor where residents are expected to walk. 

STUDY: Police Stops Don’t Stop Car Crashes

By Kea Wilson | Jul 14, 2021 | No Comments
An explosive new study found that higher rates of state patrol traffic stops — which increase the possibility of dangerous contact between people of color and law enforcement — does not lessen car-crash rates.

Report: To Make Transit Safe, Rethink Transit Cops

By Kea Wilson | Jul 13, 2021 | No Comments
Transit agencies need to do more to make sure their networks are comprehensively safe — and that may include reforming, defunding, or outright removing police from these critical public spaces, a new report argues. 
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U.S. Finally Gets First Mobility as a Service Platform

By Kea Wilson | Jul 9, 2021 | No Comments
Pittsburgh just became the first U.S. community where every resident can feasibly and affordably trade their private cars for an app. Today, the Steel City will launch its long-awaited Move PGH pilot, which is being touted as the first comprehensive “mobility as a service” (MaaS) app in United States history. Under the program, residents will […]

U.S. Senate Bill Would Put Teen Drivers in Big Rigs

By Kea Wilson | Jul 8, 2021 | No Comments
The latest Senate transportation bill would make it legal for freight companies to hire teenagers to drive big rigs, among other dangerous new policies that advocates say have no place in federal law.

Streetsblog Watched F9 So You Don’t Have To

By Kea Wilson | Jul 7, 2021 | No Comments
I write about car crashes all day. Here's my take on the new "Fast and the Furious" movie.

Study: Driving to Save Time Just Slows Everyone Down

By Kea Wilson | Jul 6, 2021 | No Comments
Researchers have found that making driving more convenient ends up ensuring that a community will be choked by gridlock, and everyone will have a slower trip.

An American Buys an E-Bike Every 52 Seconds

By Kea Wilson | Jul 1, 2021 | No Comments
The two-wheeled electric vehicle revolution is taking off — but is Washington up to the task?

Fear of Assault Keeps Women From Walking

By Kea Wilson | Jun 29, 2021 | No Comments
And transportation leaders aren’t doing enough to design streets that can make people of all genders feel comprehensively safe traveling outside cars.

Three Turning Restrictions Cities Need to Put on Drivers

By Kea Wilson | Jun 28, 2021 | No Comments
To everything there is a season — but killer turns should never get the time of day in U.S. cities.

As Feds Debate Transportation Pay-Fors, Don’t Forget What We’re Buying

By Kea Wilson | Jun 25, 2021 | No Comments
Washington celebrates a bipartisan infrastructure agreement, but advocates are still wondering what, exactly, the bill will actually build.

Stats Show Blacks and Indigenous People Suffer Disproportionate Road Deaths

By Kea Wilson | Jun 23, 2021 | No Comments
The U.S. is still failing to make meaningful progress to end the decades-long racial disparity in fatal car crash rates across modes, a new study finds — and things got worse during the pandemic.
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