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James Horrox is a policy analyst with Frontier Group, based in Los Angeles. He works primarily on conservation and transportation issues and is lead author of the 2022 and 2023 editions of Frontier Group&#8217;s annual Highway Boondoggles report.

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Andre Delattre is executive director of U.S. PIRG and senior vice president of the Public Interest Network.

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Highway Boondoggles

Highway Boondoggles 2023: The Pain in Maine Falls Mainly in … Gorham

This story is the work of the Streetsblog staff.

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America’s Best Bus Stops Championship: Boston vs. Portland, Maine

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America’s Best Bus Stops Round 1: Public Art Meets Public Transit

Jesse Coburn is Streetsblog&#8217;s investigative reporter. His reporting has received a Sigma Award, a Casey Feldman Award, and awards from the Silurians Press Club and the Overseas Press Club Foundation. Previously he was a reporter at Newsday and an editor at ARCH+. He’s also written for the New York Times, the Baltimore Sun, Harper’s, Cabinet and other publications. Jesse is is on Twitter at <a href="//twitter.com/jesse_coburn">@jesse_coburn</a>. His email address is <a href="mailto:jesse@streetsblog.org">jesse@streetsblog.org</a>.

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Maine Police Threaten Streetsblog Editor at His Home, Reference His Calls for Police Accountability On Twitter

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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Five State Capitals You Can’t Access Without A Car

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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Americans Are Poised to Drive Less In 2020

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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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