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Can We Build Car-Light Neighborhoods From Scratch — Even in Texas?

Amal Ahmed is a reporter covering climate and the environment, with a focus on justice and equity. You can learn more about her work on <a href="https://amal-ahmed.com">her website.</a>

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What Will It Take to Build a Bullet Train in Texas?

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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‘Secretary Pete Can’t Save You’: FHWA OKs Houston Highway Expansion After Pause

Asia (pronounced “ah-sha”) Mieleszko serves as a Staff Writer for Strong Towns.

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TxDOT Chooses Highways Over Housing

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Houston Advocates Slam TxDOT For ‘Deliberately’ Ignoring Highway’s Racist Impacts

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Grisly Texas Crash Raises Old Questions About Teen Drivers

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Houston’s I-45 Project is More ‘Urban Renewal’ Racism

Jeff Wood is the creator of the Talking Headways podcast and editor of the newsletter The Overhead Wire.

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Talking Headways Podcast: Houston Mayor Turner’s Complete Communities

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Explaining Houston’s Sky-High Roadway ‘Death-Goal’

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>)