Senior editor + advocacy journalist at Streetsblog USA covering the movement to end universal car dependency. Based in STL, reporting nationally. Tips to: kea@streetsblog.org or kwilson.52 on signal. Opinions are my own.https://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mzdolbi6ec23Every year I get at least a handful of emails from people who claim that with this *one weird trick* (ending seasonal clock changes) we could save hundreds of lives in traffic crashes every year. But the question is: whose? Broke down the research + how to actually save lives after dark. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/11/02/would-ending-seasonal-clock-changes-make-streets-safer-for-people-outside-cars02 Nov 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdolbi6ec23https://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mz77dlfxlk24I hate extremely online halloween, what do you mean you're @kenjennings.bsky.social and the "slut gnomes of false Berlin" jeopardy board featuring 30 original questions you wrote yourself31 Oct 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz77dlfxlk24https://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mz43voiglk2nThe thing about accomplishing a big, dramatic goal like ending car crash deaths is that it takes a *lot* of small-sounding legal changes, like requiring side guards on city-owned trucks and changing officials' authorities to install quick-build infrastructure. Happy that Seattle gets it! https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/10/28/seattle-aims-to-turn-vision-zero-dreams-into-durable-law30 Oct 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz43voiglk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3myumrhbhn222Love when a study confirms something that's intuitive to anyone who travels outside a car. But to a lot of people — and especially those who make our transportation decisions! — this will be a hard thing to accept, never mind act on. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/10/27/study-the-missing-ingredient-in-the-fight-to-end-car-crash-deaths-is-fewer-cars27 Oct 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3myumrhbhn222https://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3myum7e6ejc22The other day, I got a press release claiming that ER visits among kids linked to e-bike crashes had increased *19.1 times over* in just 3 years. It almost certainly isn't true —  but the injured children are very real. Broke down what's really causing the bloodshed and who can finally stop it. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/10/26/why-deadly-illegal-e-motos-are-on-the-rise-and-why-e-bikes-are-being-blamed-when-they-crash27 Oct 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3myum7e6ejc22https://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mykkau5ls22zOkay fam: I'm looking for your stories of when an e-bike was falsely reported by media as being involved in a serious or fatal crash, only for it later to emerge that the vehicle was actually an illegal e-moto (e.g. this trash below). Bonus points if the outlet later retracted the error. https://www.fox9.com/news/hastings-woman-ebike-crash-state-laws-june-202523 Oct 2026 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mykkau5ls22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3myi6gqcoa22xNow that both parts are up, here's a short 🧵on my deep dive into why American roads are a sea of SUVs and trucks – and no, it's not just "consumer demand." 🙄 First: the light truck loophole — which was closed recently! But not in a way people are celebrating ... https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/10/21/why-us-roads-are-full-of-suvs-and-trucks-part-ii22 Oct 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3myi6gqcoa22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3myhujqxi6s2iLove this one we just pubbed from Alan Durning of @sightline.org about why building apartments(particularly in transit rich/walkable neighborhoods) is an under-appreciated climate strategy, and the rare tactic that can still work at scale in an era of climate denial. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/10/22/our-best-bet-to-confront-climate-change-in-the-trump-era-build-more-apartments22 Oct 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3myhujqxi6s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3myhuc3o5i22iFurious that Elon Musk forced me to write the "no, flying cars will not fix everything" article I've been refusing to write for years; fascinated that, as of the last few years, even some urbanists seem to agree with him??? https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/10/22/what-flying-cars-could-mean-for-us-car-culture22 Oct 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3myhuc3o5i22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3myhrmjc4sc2fThis is one of the many bullshit "study" tips I get these days + is not scientifically verified at all, but if listening to Mr. Brightside really responsible for our national road death epidemic I have some VERY specific ex-boyfriends from high school who should be under arrest right now. 😅22 Oct 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3myhrmjc4sc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mycygqarhs2aTalked to Adam Millard Ball about when "public participation" gets weaponized (sometimes very explicitly!) to block projects like mosques on parking-related grounds, how the same phenomenon occurs in across all kinds of transportation projects and walkable developments, and how to stop it. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/10/20/when-are-parking-debates-just-a-smokescreen-for-hate20 Oct 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycygqarhs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mycxtcgdhs2aOne of my biggest pet peeves is when people say Americans "just love" pick-ups and trucks, when in reality, they're result of a whole network of policy and structural decisions we can undo. Wrote a two-parter unpacking it all; next installment coming tomorrow. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/10/19/why-us-roads-are-full-of-suvs-and-trucks-part-i20 Oct 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycxtcgdhs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mxttavbm6k2rI think we don't talk enough about how car dependency sucks for everyone, including drivers, who don't actually want to live in constant fear of a $400 repair or to have to buy their kid an SUV the minute they turn 16 so they're not stuck chauffeuring them everywhere. Love when surveys confirm it! https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/10/14/study-americans-already-doubt-the-myth-that-driving-is-freedom14 Oct 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxttavbm6k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mxrqgroo3227Wrote about the NAVI shutdown in Jacksonville, how advocates think it both is and isn't to blame for the transit agency's fiscal crisis, and why we have to re-focus on the boring but critical work of getting people where we they need to go. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/10/13/is-americas-first-autonomous-transit-system-really-dead13 Oct 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxrqgroo3227https://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mxepoyd24k2pAs #WeekWithoutDriving challenge comes to a close and 51 Weeks of Forced Driving begins, I wrote about why it's important to center the joys and benefis of non-automotive transport, too, while also working to denormalize the (totally unnecessary and avoidable)"challenges" of mass automobility. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/10/08/does-the-week-without-driving-give-car-free-living-a-bad-rap08 Oct 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxepoyd24k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mxchrzph2c2kOkay, chat: how do you feel about an "autonomous bike," that can steer itself to its rider from wherever it's parked + help bike share outfits rebalance fleets? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iipwVT6o1L407 Oct 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxchrzph2c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mx7o3ogbbk2kI think in safe streets advocacy, we have a knee-jerk tendency to say that people speed for just one reason —  because they can. But we actually make it impossible for cars to break limits, we have to sweat the psychology of individual drivers. Which, it turns out, is *all over the map.* https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/10/06/the-five-types-of-speeding-drivers06 Oct 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx7o3ogbbk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mx7nj2hyas27Oh great, this bullshit is back https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/06/babies-marriage-transit-funding-trump-0110739906 Oct 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx7nj2hyas27https://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mx534fqfn22lFascinated by this report, which argues a ton of things that sound questionable out context. E.g. walkability folks need to pay more attention to the needs of drivers, the "complete streets" model is failing us, we need to make parking easier. But in context ... I found myself agreeing a lot?! https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/10/05/walkable-cities-can-make-life-better-for-drivers-too05 Oct 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx534fqfn22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mwt3jy6mg224Excited 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. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/10/01/steal-this-idea-emergency-streets-strategy-gets-first-real-world-pilot01 Oct 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwt3jy6mg224https://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mwo3tfbwdk2hSeeing 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. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/09/29/advocates-warn-short-term-transit-cuts-could-foreshadow-deeper-long-term-slashing29 Sep 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwo3tfbwdk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mwmak3y5js2oSo 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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbukoj9eLsA28 Sep 2026 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwmak3y5js2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mwllgpem2k2lWrote 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. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/09/28/transportation-reform-has-an-imagination-problem28 Sep 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwllgpem2k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mwbhgqgupk23Spoiler: 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.) https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/09/24/is-it-time-for-the-era-of-the-bike-car24 Sep 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbhgqgupk23https://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mw4l4fgj6s2kThere 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. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/09/22/when-the-battles-against-harmful-highways-and-hyper-scale-data-centers-collide22 Sep 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4l4fgj6s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mvzyy7s5yk2iLearned 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.) https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/09/21/what-would-it-take-to-get-fast-free-buses-nationwide21 Sep 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvzyy7s5yk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mvspjey6xc2zReally 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. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/09/18/are-brain-rot-transit-ads-ruining-our-commutes18 Sep 2026 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvspjey6xc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mvq2nwapwc2tJust 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? https://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/signature-reports/dangerous-by-design/2026-congressional-district-rankings/17 Sep 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvq2nwapwc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social/post/3mvpz4n5ets26Context 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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:4u4lc7numpgmmsgc7i3kivpn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpz4n5ets26