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

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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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Climate Change

How Surging Pickup and SUV Sales Are Undermining Carbon Reductions From EVs

Josh Stephens

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The Internal-Combustion Car Did Us a Favor

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Opinion: A Planner’s Take on California’s EV News

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Instead of Just Buying American EVs, Let’s Buy an American Path Out of Car Dependency

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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Opinion: Blame GOP, Not Democrats, for Less-Than-Robust Climate Bill

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

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Jeff Wood

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Talking Headways Podcast: Sustainable Infrastructure for Cities

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What The Proposed GHG Rule Will (And Won’t) Do for the Climate

Yonah Freemark is the research director of the Land Use Lab at Urban Institute.

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Yonah Freemark

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What the US Can Learn from the European Approach to Controlling Vehicle Emissions