Kea Wilson
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Opinion: Slow Transportation Should Be a Human Right
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American culture, and particularly American transportation culture, is profoundly rooted in the idea that traveling fast is best — because if we don't, that culture insists, we won't be able to make or spend money efficiently enough to retain our position as a global economic superpower.
But it doesn't have to be that way — and we don't have to live in a dromocracy. Here's why.
RAISE Grants to Fund Complete Streets in Nearly Every State
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The first recipients of a newly expanded major transportation grant program will deliver significant money for biking, walking and transit — and even some road projects that federal transportation leaders say will help non-drivers, too.
What Would the ‘Post-Automobility’ Future Look Like?
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Last time on the Brake, we chatted with authors Robert Braun and Richard Randell about why automobility isn't really about cars at all — and how it's beocme what they call a "totalitarian system" that touches virtually every part of our lives.
Today, we bring you part two of that conversation, and dive into the difficult question of what a world beyond automobility might look like — and how on Earth we might get there. Would it be good enough to just make automobility less destructive by equipping cars with batteries and automated driving features? How different would our world look if the evidence of automobility's violence wasn't immediately hidden from the public eye? And could the tobacco industry serve as an example for regulating not just the car itself, but the culture that surrounds it?
Rep’s Driver in Fatal Crash Had History of Troubling Aggro Tweets
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A 27-year-old staffer with a history of troubling tweets about fast driving was behind the wheel during the crash that killed Rep. Jackie Walorski, according to a revised police statement — and that raises troubling questions.
The Problem With EV ‘Acoustic Vehicle Alerting Systems’ That No One Is Talking About
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Countless marginalized U.S. communities, though, are already being annoyed by car noise —and experts say that may not change even if every vehicle on the road were electrified overnight.
Instead of Just Buying American EVs, Let’s Buy an American Path Out of Car Dependency
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Automakers are warning that they won't be able to meet demand for electric cars while also divesting from foreign supply chains — prompting some advocates to demand a decarbonization strategy that doesn't require 1,000-pound batteries.
Advocates Rue Cutting of High Speed Rail From Climate Bill
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The Democrats' decision to axe high speed rail from the climate bill has some advocates wondering what it will take for lawmakers to finally understand the environmentally transformative potential of the mode.
What Is An ‘E-Bike’ Anyway — And Where Does it Belong on the Road?
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Imagine you’re out walking on a shared-use path in your city, and these vehicles blast through your periphery at 30 miles per hour. They have two wheels, quiet electric motors, and the people atop them are pedaling, though clearly, the battery is doing almost all of the work. And they’re going a little too fast […]
Three GOP Senators Want to Protect Motorists’ Ability to Drive Drunk
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A new bill from three Senate Republicans would repeal a law that aimed to end drunk driving.
What’s in the New ‘Climate’ Deal for Sustainable Transport — And What’s Not
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The Senate is on the brink of passing one of the most robust climate spending bills in U.S. history — but sustainable transportation advocates say it won't do enough to decarbonize the transportation sector.
This Artificial Intelligence Bot is Designing Better Streets Than Some Engineers
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Leave it to a Brooklyn artist to break through Americans' willful inability to imagine how their communities could be designed around people instead of automobiles.
Why Cities Are So Bad at Counting Bicyclists — And Why it Matters
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U.S. cities don't know nearly enough about how many people are biking on their roads – and until they harness the power of big data and static counters, they could remain in the dark about how to best support some of the most vulnerable users on the road, a new study argues.