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

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Todd Litman

Texas-Food-Bank

Car culture

Op-Ed: Car Dependency is An Unequal Burden

<p>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></p>


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Kea Wilson

Car Crash

Bicycling

Feds Hail Lower Road Deaths But Crashes, Injuries Increased

Granholm McCarthy

What Biden’s Other Cabinet Picks Might Mean For Sustainable Transportation

Autonomous cars

Was 2020 The Year Driverless Cars Became Inevitable?

Tire pollution

Four Ways Cars Pollute Our Lives — Besides the Tailpipe

99pi

‘A City is a Series of Choices Over Time’: Roman Mars Reveals the Secret Histories That Shape Our Streets

Gideon Weissman

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Boondoggles

Can COVID-19 Finally Kill the Highway Boondoggle?

Downtown highway

Why Highway Teardowns Make Great Infrastructure (and Equity) Investments

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Memo to Feds: To Keep Seniors Safe on Our Roads, End Car Dependence

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Joe Cortright

Phoenix Highway

Phoenix Leaders Are Climate Hypocrites — And They’re Not Alone