Kea Wilson
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Study: Bike Share Saves the U.S. $36 Million Public Health Dollars Every Year
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The long-term health benefits of using bike share vastly outweigh the short-term risks, even in the most polluted and car-dominated U.S. cities, a new study finds — and cities who invest in reducing those risks by loosening car dominance can save even more lives and millions in precious public health dollars.
Why U.S. Car Crash Reporting Is Broken
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There's no federal reporting standard, and way too much is left to officer 'discretion.'
The Most Dangerous Roads in America for Walkers (Including Canal Street)
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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 Reduce Car Crashes
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An explosive new study found that higher rates of state patrol traffic stops do not lessen car-crash rates.
Study: Suburban Living is the Worst for Carbon Emissions
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Does a city dweller who eats at trendy restaurants every night generate more carbon emissions than a suburbanite with a backyard garden? The answer might surprise you.
I Watched ‘F9’ So Other Bike/Ped Advocates Don’t Have To
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Kea Wilson writes about car crashes all day. Here's her take on the new "Fast and the Furious" movie.
An American Buys an E-Bike Every 52 Seconds
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The two-wheeled electric vehicle revolution is taking off — but is Washington up to the task?
Study: Fear of Assault Keeps Women From Walking
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And transportation leaders aren’t doing enough to design streets that can make people of all genders feel comprehensively safe traveling outside cars.
Stats Show Blacks and Indigenous People Suffer Disproportionate Road Deaths
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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.
Details Lacking in Federal Infrastructure ‘Deal’ (But it Will Likely Favor Cars)
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Washington celebrates a bipartisan infrastructure agreement, but advocates are still wondering what, exactly, the bill will actually build.
STUDY: Bike Lanes Don't Cause Displacement (In Fact, It May be The Other Way Around)
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The installation of new protected infrastructure for bicyclists is not associated with the displacement of people of color or of low-income urban residents, a new study reveals.
Here’s Why Federal Regulators Aren’t Doing Anything to Tame the Mega-Car Crisis
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Federal regulators have known about the inherent dangers that large vehicles pose to vulnerable road users since the mid-1970s, but have done almost nothing to stop it — and they probably won’t because of who we are as a nation, a new legal research paper argues.