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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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Kea Wilson

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How to Electrify the Nation’s School Buses

Charles Komanoff is a national expert on congestion pricing and traffic modeling, and is the former head of Transportation Alternatives. He is a longtime Streetsblog contributor. Reach him at <a href="mailto:komanoff@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">komanoff@gmail.com</a>.

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Charles Komanoff

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Climate Change

Lithium Mining: The Hidden Environmental Cost of EVs

Gregory Quetin

Cars

Five Road Widening Myths That Are Delaying Climate Action

Tire pollution

Car culture

Four Ways Cars Pollute Our Lives — Besides the Tailpipe

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KOMANOFF: New York, U.S. Must Reverse the Charges on Diesel Tampering

Email Dave Colon at <a href="mailto:dcolon@streetsblog.org">dcolon@streetsblog.org</a>

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Dave Colon

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Buses

Report: City Needs to Do Lots of Legwork to be Hospitable to Electric Buses

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Joe Cortright

Phoenix Highway

Phoenix Leaders Are Climate Hypocrites — And They’re Not Alone

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Automakers

As Biden Campaigned on Green Cars, U.S. Truck Sales Soared

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Op-Ed: To End Climate Change, We Should Question EVs – and Private Vehicle Ownership Itself

Ethan Goffman

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Active Transportation

Concerns Raised about Equity of Northeast Pollution Pact