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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Excited to see this idea get an IRL deployment; *not* excited to see how many drivers were totally unmoved even when the city went out of its way to explain that road design changes needed to happen because a teenager died; still curious long term, to see how this strategy changes the conversation.

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Steal This Idea: 'Emergency Streets' Strategy Gets First Real-World Pilot — Streetsblog USA

A talked-about road safety strategy just had its debut in Spoken, Washington – and it inspired some strong community reactions.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Seeing a lot of folks get tangled up trying to understand how on earth we were able to "extend" our federal infrastructure law for a few months, but somehow sneak big new cuts to transit and rail into the same bill we've had for the last five years. Here's an explainer + what comes next.

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Advocates Warn Short-Term Transit Cuts Could Foreshadow Deeper Long-Term Slashing — Streetsblog USA

A deeper dive on the transit cuts in the latest federal transportation extension bill – and how advocates are fighting back.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So this is nuts; Orange County did an "e-bike buyback" event where they paid people up to $1,000 for illegal e-motos...and smaller amounts for legal, unmodified e-bikes that are super unlikely to hurt anyone. At multiple points, the cops refuse to pay for "bikes" that can go up to 40mph.

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Dave England at Orange County E-bike Buy Back Event

YouTube video by Dave England

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Wrote about why transportation reformers kind of suck at helping the public imagine getting around any another way, why it's essential that we learn, and how to be ambitious when we do it.

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Transportation Reform Has an Imagination Problem — Streetsblog USA

How can we make our cities less dependent on cars if our neighbors can't even imagine themselves getting on the bus?

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Spoiler: you may have doubts! But I had fun talking to the founder of Organic Transit about light electric vehicles and the role of bike design in encouraging mode shift. (Also: it is fun to imagine a world where I can bike with my very large dog.)

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Is It Time for the Era of the 'Bike-Car'? — Streetsblog USA

A quirky "velomobile" company is plotting a comeback. Will Americans buy it?

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There are a lot of reasons to oppose hyperscale datacenters for the impacts this slice of the AI industry has on society. But I hadn't seen anyone unpack their impacts on land use, transportation, and the fabric of our communities. Loved talking to Saul Levin of @thehumpod.bsky.social about it.

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Where the Battles Against Harmful Highways and Hyper-Scale Data Centers Collide — Streetsblog USA

Hyperscale AI data centers and highways are both harmful forms of fossil fuel infrastructure that get built without much community input — and it's time to fight back against both, one of our favorite...

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Learned a lot from this report about why "fast, free buses" isn't necessarily an ambitious ask — and why it isn't just a New York thing. (Teaser: one of the most successful cities to attempt it so far is Birmingham, Alabama.)

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What Would It Take to Get 'Fast, Free Buses' Nationwide? — Streetsblog USA

Fast and free buses might sound crazy — but is it crazy enough to work, even as governments take aim at steep transit cuts?

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Really dug this one we repubbed from @mouthbreather718.bsky.social (lol), about the rising omnipresence of attention-destroying advertising on transit, and why "but agencies need revenue" is a really poor excuse for allowing public space to be blanketed in corporate slop.

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Are Brain-Rot Transit Ads Ruining Our Commutes? — Streetsblog USA

Advertisements give transit systems across the country badly-needed revenue. But how much is too much?

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 18/09/2026

Jacksonville Florida, the nation’s 11th largest city, has approved 22% transit cuts. It’s a nightmare: —Most bus service will operate on Sat schedule —The city’s automated rail service will simply not run —A “Navi” automated bus service will become manual because they can’t afford the software

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JTA planning additional layoffs as it works to cut $39 million from FY 2027 budget, suspend Skyway service in November

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority will reduce its Fiscal Year 2027 budget by $39 million, suspend passenger service on the Skyway and pause Navi service as it works to balance revenue and expe...

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Just leaving this here for other St. Louisans, and especially @repwesleybellmo.bsky.social : MO-1 is ranked among the top 20 most dangerous districts for pedestrians, and the only one in that top 20 that isn't in the Sunbelt/doesn't have year-round walking weather. Why isn't this a top priority?

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2026 congressional district rankings - Smart Growth America

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Context check: he was predicting that gas demand would soften "as we move out of summer driving season" post-Labor Day and people start taking fewer road trips. But it's still fun to imagine a day when "fiscal conservatives" finally realize how fiscally insane mass car dependency has always been.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Grateful to @bethosborne.bsky.social for getting me back up to speed on the federal transportation reauthorization post-leave. If you've lost track of this gargantuan process too (no shame, it's complicated!) here's a quick refresher:

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What You Missed in the Transportation Reauthorization This Summer — Streetsblog USA

Congressional negotiations over America's next big transportation law hit some speed bumps this summer, but there's more work to be done.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I love this reframe; governments that love you find ways to offer you a ride when you need one, in ways that are meaningful and accessible to you.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Hi friends: I haven't written an article in three months. Here's why, and how my experience as a caregiver to a person I love with a disabling, terminal illness upended most of what I think about car dependency and transportation reform.

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Where I've Been — Streetsblog USA

How becoming a caregiver for a person with terminal illness changed the way I think about transportation reform.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

TBH it's been disturbing to see how Black Lives Matter has faded out of a lot of street safety conversations since Trump got back into power. Wrote about a new report that reminds us why that's a massive mistake, and why Vision Zero and criminal justice reform are fundamentally the same movement.

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Street Safety and Police Reform Are Two Sides of the Same Coin — Streetsblog USA

America's broken approaches to roadway safety and criminal justice are deeply interconnected.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Been a while since this happened and I think it's cool: this very cool journal translated one of our articles into Portuguese! It means a lot to me when my work resonants in other places around the world.

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“Não somos Copenhagen” não é desculpa para negligenciar pedestres e ciclistas | Caos Planejado

Leia o artigo de Kea Wilson sobre as cidades além de Copenhagen que estão gerando uma transformação na sua mobilidade ativa.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I've been writing about federal transportation policy for a decade and even I am amazed at how many new ways the Trump administration is finding to defund transit, and how breathtakingly hard it is to keep up with. T4 has a great breakdown on the latest one: stalling apportionment from the OMB.

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USDOT’s historic failure to advance any new transit projects in 14 months may be a sign of things to come - Transportation For America

As in their first term, it appears the Trump administration is again attempting to slow down or stop transit capital expansion projects across the country. Unlike those previous attempts in 2017-2018,...

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California Transit Nerd @catransitnerd.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Asking commuter railroads to hold 325-400M in insurance is crazy, class 1 railroads generally self insure given their size. We let road vehicles get away with basically nothing and people scream if you suggest at least 100k for personal Autos and 2.5M for trucks (both of which are still too low)

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

The thing about transportation reporting is that stuff that's really wonky and easy to glaze over (revisions to federal train insurance liability requirements) can have *massive*, dramatic impacts on our lives unless we lock in and speak up (commuter trains across America abruptly stopping service.)

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This Doomsday Law Could Stop Trains Across America In A Matter of Weeks — Streetsblog USA

Arbitrary insurance requirements set by Congress could easily kill commuter rail in the United States.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I cannot describe how exhausting it is to spend a career talking about induced demand, to see it become mainstream among average people AND their governments, to see and feel things finally changing... and then a president comes in who take us back to the 1950s.

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For Earth Day, the Trump Administration Wants To Expand Highways Across America — Streetsblog USA

US DOT wants states to build more roads and take space away from bikes and give it to cars. It's foolish on so many levels.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

In St. Louis you can do this with street trees ...and I may or may not know someone who's done it upwards of 100 times. :)

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I would love to know how many U.S. families have lost multiple members to traffic violence, especially in separate crashes. Because this is not the first story on a husband and wife dying in exactly the same place that I've reported, and unless something changes, it definitely won't be the last.

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When Traffic Violence Hits The Same Family Twice — Years Apart, On Exactly the Same Street — Streetsblog USA

The deaths of a Colorado married couple has some mourning an eerie coincidence — and others outraged at two predictable tragedies that could have been prevented.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

IMO, we cannot possibly underestimate how little our elected officials and their staff actually know about how transportation works. And when you really look it in the face, it's obvious why we have the transportation system we do, and what we need to do to fix it.

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“Why Do We Do This Bill?”: Preparing Congressional Staff for Surface Transportation Reauthorization — Streetsblog USA

A top advocacy organization is preparing Congress to take a critical look at the upcoming transportation reauthorization — and it's not easy.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Wrote about why Trump's 'Freedom Means Affordable Cars' initiative (yes, they really called it that) is bullshit, why mass forced car dependency will never be affordable *or* liberating, and why the latest gas shock only makes it more obvious what this is all about: enriching automotive interests.

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Trump's 'Freedom Means Affordable Cars' Rings Hollow As Gas Prices Surge — Streetsblog USA

Real freedom is the freedom to choose how you get around — including not driving at all.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Really enjoyed this conversation about applying the idea of "universal basics" to neighborhoods, why it it *is* possible to give every person access to good transit, biking, and walking options, and why we actually can't afford not to do it. It's like Blue Zones without all the secret pension fraud!

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How a 'Universal Basic Neighborhood' Can Help Americans Live Longer — Streetsblog USA

Want to increase your chances of living to 80? A new paper argues we need to start with our neighborhoods — and we need to do it for everybody.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

In early January we reported on a leaked document that showed that Trump administration was fishing for congestion-related excuses to rip out a bunch of bike lanes in D.C. Now one of the lanes on that list is actually slated for removal.

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D.C. Advocates Sue To Save Key Bike Lane From Trump Teardown — Streetsblog USA

We previously reported that the Trump administration might soon move to dismantle key cycle tracks in the nation's capital. Unfortunately, we were right.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Hi; we are hiring for a new intern this summer! Please share with any promising students (undergrad/grad) you know, esp. if they are passionate about urbanism, transit, biking, walking, and mobility justice. Bonus points for skills re: short form video, strong writers, etc.

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SBUSA Summer Intern 2026

StreetsblogUSA seeks a summer intern to support one of the nation’s leading and most long-standing advocacy journalism outfits covering the movement for transportation reform in America. This fully ...

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Things I learned while writing this: by next year, the amount of general tax revenue we will need to subsidize the highway trust fund every year will be almost enough to *literally end world hunger,* and 4x more than we need to eradicate homelessness in the U.S. And that's just the shortfall.

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Why Transit Advocates Aren't 100% Behind This Senator's Bold Bill To Slash Highway Funding — Streetsblog USA

A new Republican bill could bring rampant highway overspending to a halt and slash emissions by one-fifth. But don't get too excited because it would hurt transit, too.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Something I think about a lot is how different our world would look if we took the $100billion+ we've invested in autonomous vehicle development alone and put into street safety infrastructure in our cities instead. And the subsidies don't stop with R&D.

futurism.com

Waymos Are a Huge Drain on Public Resources, Government Data Shows

Data from San Francisco's transit agency shows the stunning ways Waymo shirks accountability for its fleet of robotaxis.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Research q: anyone know where I can find an updated estimate for this number that center for investigative reporting (cc @revealnews.org) came up with 11 years ago?

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The True Cost of Gasoline: $15 Per Gallon | Smart Cities Dive

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

IDK who needs this, but here's a breakdown of why Kansas' anti-trans driver's license law is bullshit, why this is absolutely a transportation reform issue, and how cruel and dangerous it is to make people in car dependent places choose between legal driving and not denying their basic identities.

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Why Anti-Trans Laws Are Terrible For Transportation, Too — Streetsblog USA

A disturbing new Kansas law revokes trans people's driver's licenses. Here's how it will make our communities more dangerous.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

This is fucked and if you’re a “street safety” person this is absolutely your issue

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Thomas Bamonte @thomasbamonte.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

"When our government is not just apathetic but an aggressor against our communities,... we need to resist today by creating systems of community care that get people where they need to go right now, even in the most terrible storms." @keawilson.bsky.social usa.streetsblog.org/2026/02/02/s...

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Shoveling a Snowy Sidewalk Is An Act of Resistance — Streetsblog USA

Shoveling a sidewalk in winter is always a critical act of community care — but in an era of government assault on civil liberties, it's also an act of resistance.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

This pubbed a week ago while I was on vacation someplace warm (yes, I did pay someone to shovel my walk while I was gone), but wrote about why mutual aid is getting more important for street safety, especially as government gets more violent.

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Shoveling a Snowy Sidewalk Is An Act of Resistance — Streetsblog USA

Shoveling a sidewalk in winter is always a critical act of community care — but in an era of government assault on civil liberties, it's also an act of resistance.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Fellow snowbelt folks: what is your number one tip for clearing a sidewalk of snow? Having a weirdly hard time finding a guide that's specifically geared towards plowing so pedestrians of all ability levels can move comfortably and thinking about compiling one of my own.

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Active Transportation Alliance @activetransportation.org · 30/01/2026

"And it would also ensure that taxpayers actually get some of the life-saving benefits they've been promised by transportation officials for decades – rather than seeing their money wasted on endless highway expansion projects that never seem to reduce congestion or cut deadly crashes."

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Maybe someday, more politicians will give full-throated support to multimodal transportation policies because the climate emergency demands it. But until they do: *call it a safety policy.* Because it'll have the same emissions benefit either way.

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Improving Road Safety Is A Win For The Climate, Too — Streetsblog USA

Closing the notorious "fatality target" loophole wouldn't just save lives — it'd help save the human species from climate catastrophe, too.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

ok so who's going to invite me, Kea Wilson, to moderate a panel featuring Portland mayor Keith Wilson and Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, thereby unleashing Maximum Multimodal Wilson.

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Mayor Wilson: 'We have to be the biggest bike mode city in the nation'

He made the comments at an event attended by business and tourism officials.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

If you need a break from The Horrors, I dug into a wonky but super important bill that would make it possible to use transportation funds to build housing and other important destinations near transit, and why TOD deserves a lot more airtime in the conversation about building livable places.

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A Few Legal Tweaks Could Unlock A Mother Lode of Housing Near Transit — Streetsblog USA

It's time to help communities use federal financing to build housing near transit, a new bill argues.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

On the most basic level, transportation reform advocates need to speak out about ICE violence because it is a barrier to movement for countless migrants, brown people, protestors, and anyone else who ICE targets. But there are deeper reasons why this is our issue, too. Explored a few on the pod.

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What's A Transportation Reformer's Role In the Fight Against ICE Violence? — Streetsblog USA

Migrants and protestors are being killed in the streets by ICE agents. What should transportation reform advocates do?

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Moth @walkingminnesota.com · 26/01/2026

On Saturday we ride for Alex Pretti 1:00pm at Washburn Fair Oaks Park From Angry Catfish: “We're asking folks to host rides and come together. Bike shops and non-profits, cycling orgs and alt cycling collectives, city and rural. We are many but we stand together as one.”

A flyer that says we ride in unity, for all for Alex, with Alex’s face on it
Saturday 1/31
1:00 meet 130 roll
Wagshburn fair oaks park
Ride together stand together

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

They will create a world so dangerous that you feel you have no choice except to drive a car, or own a gun, or flee a country that they violently destabilized. And they will use that car, that gun, that decision to seek asylum as an excuse to shoot and kill you.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I think it's pretty remarkable how, despite the trillions of dollars we've spent and the century of constant campaigning we've been subjected to in order convince us otherwise, some part of us *still knows* that car dependency is a terrible way to live, and most people still don't want it.

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Survey: Most Americans Are Open To Ditching Their Cars — Streetsblog USA

Automakers have spent a century and countless trillions of dollars making car-dependent living the American norm. But U.S. resident still aren't sold, a new survey suggests.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Does anyone know of any solid research around driving anxiety and how it impedes mobility/access? Ideally would love to look specifically about how this impacts people across different age groups, particularly seniors who can "still drive" on paper but functionally can't most of the time.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Fascinated by this report, which found that the average US city is delivering transit at a *fifth* of the level that our peers in other countries are — but closing the gap could be done, in our lifetimes, with a lot less money than it cost to build the highway system.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Extremely late to the party on Kim Stanley Robinson's excellent novel, Ministry for the Future, which did such a beautiful job of narrativizing both the dangers of and solutions to climate change, including the sector that we have the weakest collective imagination about (transportation.)

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