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

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What An Ideal Green New Deal for Transportation Might Look Like

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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Programs that Pay Residents to Give Up Cars Gain Support Worldwide

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Don’t Bring Back Cash for Clunkers Because of COVID-19

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We Can’t Afford a Repeat of the 2009 Auto Bailout

Angie is a Cleveland-based writer with a background in planning and newspaper reporting. She has been writing about cities for Streetsblog for six years.

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Brookings: “Cash for Clunkers” Wasn’t Worth It

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GAO: Economic Recovery Benefits of ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Are ‘Uncertain’

A Common Thread in the Home Buyer’s Tax Credit and ‘Cash for Clunkers’

Grassley Looking Into Citibank’s Million-Dollar ‘Clunkers’ Deal

‘Cash for Clunkers’ Backer Sutton Steps it Up for Ohio Transit

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Has the Government Been Bailing Out Sprawl?