Kea Wilson
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Houston Advocates Slam TxDOT For ‘Deliberately’ Ignoring Highway’s Racist Impacts
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TxDOT is allegedly threatening retaliation against the whole Houston region because advocates continue to fight a highway expansion that the agency knows will have a harmful impacts on communities of color.
USDOT Pressures States To Spend New Infrastructure Funds Sustainably
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As states begin cashing no-strings-attached federal infrastructure checks, U.S. DOT is pushing them to spend those funds on projects that will help end the climate and roadway death crises.
Could Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Help Heal the Scars Highways Created?
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From the interstate highway system to public housing, some of America’s most discriminatory and damaging policies have been implemented under the auspices of the need for better infrastructure.
Report: To Sustain the Cycling Boom, U.S. Must Build Up American Bike Manufacturing
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America’s Covid-induced cycling boom is being stifled by massive over-reliance on overseas bike manufacturers.
Study: Most Drivers Don’t Know the Difference Between AVs and Driver Assistance Tech
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The majority of vehicle owners think that the installation of advanced driver assistance technology qualifies their car as a "fully automated self driving vehicle," a new study shows.
STUDY: Transit Agencies Are Planning a Radically Equitable COVID Recovery
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A staggering 88 percent of U.S. transit agencies expect that historically disenfranchised riders will be their primary customers as they recover from the pandemic.
STUDY: Better Bike Policy Could Prevent 15K U.S. Deaths Every Year
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If U.S. cities take aggressive but realistic action to replace car trips with bike trips by 2050, they could prevent more than 15,000 premature deaths every year, a new study finds.
Can E-Mopedsharing Help Wean Americans Off Car Ownership?
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Electric moped sharing became one of the most rapidly growing alternatives to driving in cities around the world during 2021, a new report says.
Advocates to Biden: There’s A Better Way to Address Rising Gas Prices
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Sustainable transportation advocates are sending a clear message to Washington: the best way to address rising gas prices is to cut oil demand, not increase supply.
Wisconsin Car Attack is an Example of Our Failure to Prevent Cars Being Used as Weapons
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It was the deadliest automobile massacre in recent American memory, and it was entirely preventable.
Advocates Praise ‘Inspired’ RAISE Grantee List
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The federal DOT wowed sustainable transportation advocates with its list of grantees for the RAISE discretionary grant program, which will funnel $1 billion into transportation capital and planning projects across America.
Almost No One in Congress Has Signed Onto National ‘Vision Zero’ Pledge
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Fewer than 10 percent of members of Congress have signed a pledge to end a national traffic violence epidemic that's on pace to kill more American residents this year than in decades.