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

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Aaron Short is a New York City-based writer with a long history of work with the New York Post, Hell Gate and others. He is also the co-author of &#8220;The Method to the Madness: Donald Trump&#8217;s Ascent as Told by Those Who Were Hired, Fired, Inspired — And Inaugurated.&#8221; (<a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250202819/themethodtothemadness">Macmillan</a>)

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Aaron Short

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Boston

Footloose: Walkable Neighborhoods Attracting Investments While Burbs Die

Gideon Weissman

Cover – Houston Segment2

Air Quality

Highway Boondoggles 2019: Nine Projects That Should Never Happen

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Arizona

Chambers of Commerce Come Around to Transit

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.

Angie Schmitt

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Bicycle Infrastructure

Can New Mobility Tech Disrupt Car Dependence?

Tony Dutzik

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Car Dependence

What Comes After the Auto Bubble?

In spring 2017, Stephen wrote for Streetsblog USA, covering the livable streets movement and transportation policy developments around the nation.
From August 2012 to October 2015, he was a reporter for Streetsblog NYC, covering livable streets and transportation issues in the city and the region. After joining Streetsblog, he covered the tail end of the Bloomberg administration and the launch of Citi Bike. Since then, he covered mayoral elections, the de Blasio administration&#8217;s ongoing Vision Zero campaign, and New York City&#8217;s ever-evolving street safety and livable streets movements.

Stephen Miller

Economics

Amazon Could Kill Car-Dependent Big Box Retail. Will It Also Kill Main Street?

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Joe Cortright

How Cutting Back on Driving Helps the Economy

The Importance of Driving to the U.S. Economy Started Waning in the 70s

Elly Blue

Bicycling

How Much Would It Cost to Minneapolize the Country?

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.

Tanya Snyder

Our Cities Can’t Afford So Many Rooftop Spas