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Covering the movement to end car dependency and improve biking, walking and transit in America.

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Born and raised in Washington, D.C. and Maryland, David fell in love with journalism as a kid accompanying his reporter dad on stories while school was out. A reporter at Streetsblog from 2015 to 2019, David returned as Streetsblog Deputy Editor in 2023 after a three-year stint at the New York Post. A graduate of Montgomery Blair High School and the University of Maryland, he lives in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

David Meyer

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Bike Sharing

Citi Bike Docks Will Charge E-Bikes — But They’re Only on the Sidewalk (For Now)

Philip Plotch, PhD is the principal researcher at the Eno Center for Transportation. He has been a transportation planner, director of World Trade Center Redevelopment, political science professor, director of a master of public administration program, and a U.S. Fulbright Scholar. He is also the author of three highly acclaimed books: Politics Across the Hudson: The Tappan Zee Megaproject, Last Subway: The Long Wait for the Next Train in New York, and Mobilizing the Metropolis: How the Port Authority Built New York.

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Philip Plotch

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E-Bikes and Creating Financially Sustainable Bike Share Programs

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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Micromobility

Micromobility Is Having a Weird Year

Doug Gordon

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Bicycling

Citi Bike at 10: Here Are Three Lessons NYC Learned

Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Grist

Blue-Krewe

How New Orleans Revived — and Improved — Bike Share

Jeff Wood is the creator of the Talking Headways podcast and editor of the newsletter The Overhead Wire.

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Jeff Wood

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Talking Headways Podcast: Biking Further in Detroit (Yes, Detroit!)

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Why Cities Are So Bad at Counting Bicyclists — And Why it Matters

Peter Jacobsen

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Australia

The Forgotten Other Good Reason for Repealing Seattle’s Bike-Helmet Law

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Is It Time to Revisit Dockless Bike Sharing?

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Bicycle Infrastructure

Is it Time for the U.S. to Try the ‘Madrid Model’ of Vehicular Cycling Infrastructure?