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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 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

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Speed

Three Ways America Could Import Europe’s New Speed Limiter Law

Educated at the Sorbonne and the Yale School of Drama, Gersh Kuntzman is obviously not the person being described here. We&#8217;re talking about tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman, who has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He&#8217;s also the writer and producer of &#8220;Murder at the Food Coop,&#8221; which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. Email Gersh at <a href="mailto:gersh@streetsblog.org">gersh@streetsblog.org</a>

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Gersh Kuntzman

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Bicycle Infrastructure

LETTER FROM SWEDEN: Congestion Pricing Will Make New York a World-Class City

Miriam Pinski studies transportation and land use policy. Her research focuses on improving mobility among disadvantaged populations, and on making streets safer. She holds a doctorate in urban planning from UCLA, and is currently a research analyst at the Shared-Use Mobility Center. She is also writing a book about the history of the driver’s license. You can find her on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/mirijulip">@mirijulip</a> or by email at <a href="mailto:miriam@sharedusemobilitycenter.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">miriam@sharedusemobilitycenter.org.</a>

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Economics

How Copenhagen Measures the Costs of Driving — And Crafts Policy to Reduce Them

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Europe

Exactly How Much Less America Walks Than Other Countries, In Five Charts

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Bus Rapid Transit

What A Multimodal Urban Design Contest in Iceland Can Teach the U.S.

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Car crashes

That Viral NY Times Article on Road Death Was Only the Tip of the Iceberg

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American Bull$#!t

The US, Where Road Violence is a National Crisis, Wants to Advise Other Countries On Road Safety

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ADAS

Ford’s Geofenced ‘Speed Limiters’ Might Not Cut Road Deaths As Much As You Think