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

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Car Dependence

THE BRAKE: Why Every City Needs a Car Master Plan

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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There Are Just Four Types of Drivers — And Ending Car Dependency Means Reaching Them All

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How Cities Can Use Transportation Demand Management to ‘Manage’ Car Dependency

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: The 15 Minute Church

Vince DiMiceli

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Biden is All In on EVs — And a New Era of Car Dependence

Basav Sen

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How the U.S. Transportation System Fuels Inequality

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15 Minute Cities

Study: Shifting to EVs Won’t Save Our Planet without Creating ‘Compact’ Cities

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Bike/Ped

Talking Headways Podcast: The Traffic War Is Never Won

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Baltimore

U.S. Has More Car-Free Areas Than You Think

Bob Previdi

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Air Quality

OPINION: Biden Should Link Gateway Program and Climate Goals