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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 previously worked at Strong Towns, and currently lives in St. Louis, MO. Kea can be reached at <a href="mailto:kea@streetsblog.org">kea@streetsblog.org</a> or on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/streetsblogkea">@streetsblogkea</a>. Please reach out to her with tips and submissions.

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Kea Wilson

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Car culture

It’s Hard to Get a Driver’s License in Holland — And That May Be One Reason Dutch Roads Are So Safe

In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John writes the transportation column for the Chicago Reader weekly paper. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city on foot, bike, bus, and &#8216;L&#8217; train.

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Bicycling

Education, infrastructure, and holding drivers accountable > bike helmets for cyclist safety

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

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Development

Talking Headways Podcast: Culture Is Designed Every Century

Chris and Melissa Bruntlett

Bicycle Infrastructure

Four Myths About Car-Light Cities, Busted

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How the Dutch Do Winter Bike Lane Maintenance

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Exactly How Far U.S. Street Safety Has Fallen Behind Europe, in Three Bombshell Charts

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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Dutch Pedestrian

Around the Block

Where “Jaywalking” Is Not a Crime

Leah Shahum

Germany

Five Key Lessons From Europe’s Vision Zero Success

Marven Norman

the Netherlands

Designs From Dutch Burbs Should Unite Vehicular Cyclists and Bike Lane Fans

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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Dutch Planners School U.S. Cities on Bikeability