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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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States are diverting their share of federal funding intended for walking and biking projects, and spending it on roads.

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Bike/Ped

We Need More Data on Walking During COVID-19

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Coronavirus

We Shouldn’t Have To Say This: Expanding Sidewalks Does Not Spread COVID-19

Blake Aued has been doing Streetsblog&#8217;s daily national news digest for years. He&#8217;s also an Atlanta Braves fan, which enrages his editor in New York.

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Blake Aued

Monday’s Headlines From Around the Nation

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.

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San Diego Study: Transit Remains Essential for Essential Workers

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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Car-Free Streets

Talking Headways Podcast: How Oakland Got it So Right

This story is the work of the Streetsblog staff.

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Active Transportation

How to Tell Stories That Compel People to Stand Up For Safe Streets — Even During COVID-19

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California

Why Preventing Car Crashes Saves Everyone Money

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NYC Mayor to Trump: Speak Up And Save Our Cities Now

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Car culture

Car Pollution Makes Us More Vulnerable to COVID-19

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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Accessibility

Rear-Door Boarding Policies Leave Disabled Riders Stranded