Kea Wilson
Recent Posts
Post-COVID Car Sales Are on the Rise — Especially Sales of Trucks and SUVs
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Drivers aren't just buying more cars than they were a month ago — they're buying bigger ones.
‘You Barely Hear Our Stories’: Tiffanie Stanfield Fights Hit-and-Run Driving
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As the founder of H.A.R.D., Tiffanie Stanfield fights against a traffic violence epidemic with a uniquely high impact on the Black community — and she wants you to join her.
What ‘Abolish the Police’ Could Mean for Street Safety
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What does #defundthepolice really mean for road safety — in the broadest sense of that term?
Four Signs This Might Be Micromobility’s Big Moment
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From soaring ridership to major expansion, there's new evidence that reports of the micromobility industry's early death to COVID-19 may have been greatly exaggerated.
Study: For Nearly Half of Drivers, Threat of Police Enforcement Doesn’t Deter Texting
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An over-focus on enforcement poses unconscionable dangers to black residents — and it doesn't even deter many dangerous drivers.
Safe Routes to School Drops Recommendation of Police Enforcement
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Black activists have long maintained that police presence is a barrier to the safe use of the streets for Black children. Now, a major national program is listening — and making big changes.
New Trump Executive Order Will Pollute Black Communities
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By dismantling key environmental protections, Trump is empowering cities to build highways through black neighborhoods — a heinous form of environmental racism that has killed countless Americans.
Houston’s I-45 Project is More ‘Urban Renewal’ Racism
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Racist highway policies of the 1940s and 1950s are still with us today.
CDC Revise Awful COVID-19 Commuting Recommendations, But They’re Still Not Great
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The Centers for Disease Control is still encouraging financial incentives for single occupancy car commutes — and failing to address the barriers to other modes.
Thursday Headlines From Around The Nation
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On the streets, police are still brutalizing protestors, committing vehicle-ramming attacks, and denying journalists their constitutional right to do their jobs — plus other news.
Under the Banner of ‘Urbanism’: An Interview With Kristen Jeffers
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Kristen Jeffers, the founder and editor-in-chief at the The Black Urbanist, talks to Streetsblog about how land use, planning and transportation systems don't often center black, queer, and feminist voices. And should.
Wednesday’s Headlines From Around the Nation
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More curfews, more transit and micromobility shutdowns, more police brutality, more courageous protestors standing up against state-sanctoined violence. Plus, more news.