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

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Yonah Freemark is the research director of the Land Use Lab at Urban Institute.

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Yonah Freemark

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Why French and US Road Deaths Went In Dramatically Different Directions

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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America's Most Toxic Car Ad

France Forces Auto Advertisers to Encourage Less Driving

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Bicycling

Programs that Pay Residents to Give Up Cars Gain Support Worldwide

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France

Champs-Élysées Makeover Inspires U.S. Advocates To Push for Better City Arterials

Vince DiMiceli

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France Will Subsidize E-Bike Buyers — But U.S. Won’t

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.

Angie Schmitt

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Why Bill de Blasio’s ‘Vision Zero for the Nation’ Shouldn’t be Laughed off