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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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New Fed. Law Requires Some (But Not All!) States to Improve Bike/Walk Safety

This story is the work of the Streetsblog staff.

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Birmingham (England) Puts Birmingham (Alabama) to Shame

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Highway Boondoggles 2020: Birmingham’s Northern Beltline

Aaron Short is a New York City-based writer with a long history of work with the New York Post, Hell Gate and others. He is also the co-author of &#8220;The Method to the Madness: Donald Trump&#8217;s Ascent as Told by Those Who Were Hired, Fired, Inspired — And Inaugurated.&#8221; (<a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250202819/themethodtothemadness">Macmillan</a>)

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Roll Tide! Amtrak to Return to Gulf Coast (If Alabama Helps)

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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Stories About Marathon Walking Commuters Receiving Benevolent Donations of Cars Are Actually Terrible

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Meet the $4.7 Billion Birmingham Highway Only Cronyism Could Build