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

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Streetsblog USA

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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Freeways

Oklahoma Turnpike Authority Stops Work on $15 Billion Turnpike Expansion

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Transit

Biden’s First ‘Mega Grants’ Contain Some Mega Wins — And Mega Fails

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California

These 15 Urban Highways Have Got to Go

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Oklahoma

SCOTUS Declines to Hear ‘Pedestrian Safety’ Defense of Anti-Panhandling Laws

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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Aaron Short

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Bus Rapid Transit

Oklahoma Gets Serious About Transit Sooner Than Later

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

Oklahoma DOT Dismisses Highway-to-Street-Grid Proposal in OKC

Highway Removal

Before/After: The 80-Year Leveling of an Oklahoma City Neighborhood

Tanya became Streetsblog&#8217;s Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios Washington bureau and for public radio stations around the country. She lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood of Washington, DC.

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Oklahoma Turnpike Authority Stops Work on $15 Billion Turnpike Expansion

Biden’s First ‘Mega Grants’ Contain Some Mega Wins — And Mega Fails

These 15 Urban Highways Have Got to Go

SCOTUS Declines to Hear ‘Pedestrian Safety’ Defense of Anti-Panhandling Laws

Oklahoma Gets Serious About Transit Sooner Than Later

Oklahoma DOT Dismisses Highway-to-Street-Grid Proposal in OKC

Before/After: The 80-Year Leveling of an Oklahoma City Neighborhood

TED Talk: OKC Mayor Mick Cornett on Designing a City for Fitness

Highway Revolts Break Out Across the Midwest

FHWA: Oklahoma DOT Must Consider Restoring Street Grid in Downtown OKC