Kea Wilson

An Ode to the Miniature Fire Truck

Stories about miniature emergency service vehicles are spreading like wildfire on Twitter — so let's rethink our obsession with monster trucks.

Kea Wilson

May 4, 2021

Streetsblog USA |StreetsblogUSA

SUV and Pickup Purchases Soar — But Who’s Buying?

Americans set a new record last month for SUV and pickup truck sales. Who's buying all these giant cars?

Kea Wilson

April 21, 2021

Streetsblog USA |Bicycling

D.C. Cyclist Jim Pagels Killed by Driver Hours After Tweeting About Unsafe Roads

Grieving friends of a D.C. cyclist who was killed by a driver are fighting for his death to become a catalyst for safe street reforms in the capital and nationwide — just like he would have wanted.

Kea Wilson

April 13, 2021

Streetsblog USA |Bicycling

Protecting Non-Motorists Makes NTSB ‘Most Wanted List’ For the First Time

For the first time in its 54 year history, the transportation sector's most influential investigative agency wants America to focus on protecting vulnerable road users. What took so long?

Kea Wilson

April 7, 2021

Streetsblog USA |Elections and Politics

Oregon Advocates Sue to Stop Racist Portland Highway Expansion

Advocates in Portland, Ore. have sued to stop the expansion of an urban renewal era highway project — and possibly writing the next page in the playbook for fighting bad urban freeway redesigns across the U.S.

Kea Wilson

April 6, 2021

Streetsblog USA |Bicycling

Opinion: Safe School Transportation Has A Place in the Next Infrastructure Package

Will the Biden infrastructure plan address how our students get to school?

Kea Wilson

April 5, 2021

Streetsblog USA |Environment

Why The U.S. Needs a Bold 2030 Mode Shift Target

America needs to commit to transportation policies that will at least double the number of people who travel by foot, bike or transit by 2030, a leading advocacy group argues.

Kea Wilson

March 30, 2021

Streetsblog USA |Vision Zero

Advocates to Feds: We Need a New Traffic-Control Manual

A coalition of leading transportation professionals is pushing for an overhaul of the manual that sets many of the most dangerous design guidelines for our car-focused roads — and rejecting a piecemeal public comment process that they say will only put a band-aids over the gaping wounds in our unsafe national transportation standards.

Kea Wilson

March 24, 2021

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