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Andy Boenau is an author, filmmaker, podcaster, and writer of the <a href="https://speakeasy.substack.com/about">Urbanism Speakeasy Substack</a>. Find him @Boenau on <a href="https://twitter.com/boenau" rel="">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://linkedin.com/in/boenau" rel="">LinkedIn</a>.

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Andy Boenau

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Bicycling

Opinion: Stop Asking If People Want to Ride Bikes

Larisa Ortiz is a former New York City Planning Commissioner and expert focused on retail, commercial corridors, and downtowns. She is a managing director at Streetsense and a member of the Regional Plan Association’s New York Committee.

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Opinion: E-Bikes Are An Economic Boost That Cities Must Seize

Kea Wilson is Senior Editor for Streetsblog USA. She has more than a dozen years experience as a writer telling emotional, urgent and actionable stories that motivate average Americans to get involved in making their cities better places. She is also a novelist, cyclist, and affordable housing advocate. She lives in St. Louis, MO. For tips, submissions, and general questions, reach out ther at <a href="mailto:kea@streetsblog.org">kea@streetsblog.org,</a> on X at <a href="https://twitter.com/streetsblogkea">@streetsblogkea,</a> or on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/keawilson.bsky.social">@keawilson.bsky.social.</a>

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Kea Wilson

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Children

This Holiday Season, Buy Your Kid a Bike With Your Pre-Tax Healthcare Money

Sophia Lebowitz is a reporter at Streetsblog NYC.

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Sophia Lebowitz

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Report: NYC is Undercounting The E-Bike Boom

Isaac Levy is a Senior Transportation Planner with the City of San Antonio’s Transportation Department, where he leads efforts to advance multimodal transportation. Originally from Galveston, Texas, Isaac developed an early interest in transportation. He moved to San Antonio in 2015 to attend the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Geography &amp; Environmental Sustainability, followed by a Master of Science in Urban &amp; Regional Planning. Isaac joined the Transportation Department in 2023 to focus on multimodal planning and infrastructure development. He brings a strong foundation in urban planning, policy analysis, and stakeholder engagement to his role, contributing to projects that shape safer, more accessible streets for all San Antonians.

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SUO San Antonio

Pedaling Toward Progress: San Antonio’s Bold Bike Plan in a Car-Centric State

Lucia Cappella is a Los Angeles-based writer, advocate, and current Outreach Coordinator for the Festival Trail. She is passionate about expanding access to arts programming, public transportation, and urban nature — seeing these spaces as vital to creating more connected, empathetic, and resilient communities.

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Lucia Cappella

Talia Goddard is an undergraduate student at Occidental College double-majoring in Urban &amp; Environmental Policy and Economics. She interned with the Festival Trail during the summer of 2025. As a Los Angeles native, Talia was drawn to the project’s commitment to creating a positive Olympic legacy for the city. Her studies currently center on global climate policy, sustainable cities, and urban history through art. Outside the classroom, she works as a photographer and enjoys highlighting community stories and urban landscapes.

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An Olympian Task: Replicating Paris’s Bike Boom in Los Angeles

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Elderly & Disabled

A ‘Demographic Time Bomb’ Is About To Go Off — And the Transportation Sector Isn’t Ready

Blake Aued has been doing Streetsblog&#8217;s daily national news digest for years. He&#8217;s also an Atlanta Braves fan, which enrages his editor in New York.

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Blake Aued

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Today's Headlines

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Jim Mathews leads the DC-based professional staff of the Rail Passengers Association as President &amp; CEO, where he is responsible for strategy, policy, and business operations. He appears frequently in national media, and also testifies before Congress and regulatory bodies. Mathews serves on eight Federal advisory panels across DOT, the Federal Railroad Administration, and the Surface Transportation Board, representing the Association&#8217;s 127,000 members, donors, and supporters, plus the 40 million Americans who rely every year on trains and public transportation. As a member of the DOT&#8217;s National Advisory Committee on Travel &amp; Tourism Infrastructure, he was principal drafter of the NACTTI final report to Congress and DOT in 2020.

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Jim Mathews

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Passenger Rail Is Headed for a Reckoning — and the First 90 Days of 2026 Will Decide It

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Transit

Analysis: What It Would Take To Put America First in Transit Again

Dr. Gretchen Goldman is the President and CEO of the Union of Concerned Scientists. Previously, she served in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy as the assistant director for environmental science, engineering, policy, and justice; and at the US Department of Transportation as the climate change research and technology director. In 2024, Goldman received a U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary’s Award from Secretary Pete Buttigieg for her work on decarbonization of the transportation sector. She was named among Glamour Magazine’s Women of the Year in 2020. She holds a PhD and MS in environmental engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a BS in atmospheric science from Cornell University.

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Gretchen Goldman

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Equity

Opinion: Transportation Researchers Still Care About Equity. This Week They’re Proving It

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Jason Varone battles the streets everyday during a 9 mile commute on his bicycle from downtown Brooklyn to the Upper East Side. In addition to his efforts on Streetsblog, he is an artist making work related to the environment and technology. Examples of his work can be found at www.varonearts.org.

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