Kea Wilson
Recent Posts
Let’s Open Up Neighborhood Streets For Social Distancing
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Now more than ever, it's time to give walkers and bikers more space on our roads.
Lowering Speed Limits Will Help Stop COVID-19
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Hospitals are about to be overwhelmed with virus patients. Let's not strain our health care system any more — we need to reduce speed limits now.
Big Data Could Fix Transport. Is That a Good Thing?
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Most of us are already sharing our location with private corporations almost every day. Could we use that data for good — or do we need to fight Big Brother?
Streetsblog 101: How Pop Culture Stigmatizes Public Transit
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Have you ever noticed that almost any time characters ride a bus or a train in a movie, they...kinda hate it?
America is Spending Billions to Make Traffic Worse
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Induced demand isn't news to Streetsblog readers. But a new report from Transportation for America illustrates exactly how stupid lane widenings really are.
Op-Ed: Every City Should Try This Innovative Way To Fund Transit
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When the city builds a train line or a bus route, adjacent property values sky rocket. Why shouldn't the public benefit from that phenomenon — and use that money to expand transit more?
Bird Hatches an Electric Moped — and Big Questions
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The shared scooter/bike giant is adding a new vehicle to its fleet, starting with Austin.
Streetsblog 101: How Media Help Build Car Culture
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Journalists reinforce anti-sustainable transportation sentiment in all kinds of ways — but they don't have to.
Would You Trade Your Parking Benefit for Cash?
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Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on Greater Greater Washington and is republished here with permission. Individual companies have long elected to allow employees to trade their parking benefits for cash, of course, but a law that requires employers to offer the swap is a new idea. And when you think about it, it’s only fair […]
Memo from Seattle: Burying Crumbling Urban Highways Isn’t the Answer
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It's tunnel vision! Lawmakers in New York are looking to Seattle for advice on how to fix a crumbling highway — but the Emerald City's experiment with a highway tunnel is no model. Here's why.
Auto Right-of-Way Laws Are Where America Went Wrong
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Before the widespread adoption of the automobile, every road user had to think critically about whose turn it was to go — and a pedestrian in a car's path *always* meant the driver had to stand down.
The Broken Promises of the Rideshare Revolution
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Uber, Lyft and their brethren promised to revolutionize mobility forever. Instead, they just exaggerated the worst aspects of car culture.