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

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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

Exhaust-Pipe

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

Car culture

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

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

Truck Flag

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

Roger Rudick is editor of Streetsblog SF.

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Roger Rudick

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Climate Change

Why Does San Francisco Want to Save a Gas Station?

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Study: We Can’t Fix Transportation-Related Climate Emissions With EVs Alone

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Car-Free Streets

KOMANOFF: Restaurant Patio Heaters Will Be a Net Gain for the Climate

Streetsblog California Editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.