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

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Families for Safe Streets

A Father Speaks: Here’s Why The Speed Limit Must Be 20 MPH Everywhere

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NY Advocates Push for Speed Limit Reductions for Fourth Year

Dan Langenkamp is a life-long cyclist and a Foreign Service Officer with the State Department. In August 2022, his wife, Sarah Debbink Langenkamp, was killed while cycling in a bike lane by the driver of a semi truck in Bethesda, MD, just weeks after their family had returned to the United States from a tour in Ukraine, helping the country fight Russia’s invasion. Dan now also serves on the Washington Area Bicyclist Association’s Board of Directors.

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Dan Langenkamp

Kristy Daphnis is a Co-Founder and Steering Committee Member for the Montgomery County chapter of Families for Safe Streets, which aims to provide support, community, and advocacy opportunities for families and friends of traffic crash victims. In 2011, her child&#8217;s caregiver, Etsegenet Hurissa, was killed by a speeding driver while she attempted to cross Georgia Avenue in Aspen Hill, MD. Since that incident, Kristy has been an avid advocate for safe streets in Montgomery County, across the State of Maryland, and beyond.

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Kristy Daphnis

Christy Kwan is the volunteer co-chair and member of the DC chapter of Families for Safe Streets, which confronts traffic violence in DC through advocacy and peer support. Christy&#8217;s cousin, Jamie Lai, was killed 22 years ago in a crash. Today Christy volunteers to organize families and survivors so that no other families suffer the loss or life altering injuries that have physically, emotionally, and spiritually impacted our communities.

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Christy Kwan

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‘World Day of Remembrance’: Connecting Grief to Activism

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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A Grove Grows In Brooklyn: Finally, New York Has a Memorial to Road Violence Victims

Email Julianne Cuba at <a href="mailto:julianne@streetsblog.org">julianne@streetsblog.org</a>

Julianne Cuba

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Analysis: NYC’s Speed Cameras Aren’t Racist — But the City’s Road Design Is

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Wisconsin Car Attack is an Example of Our Failure to Prevent Cars Being Used as Weapons

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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Almost No One in Congress Has Signed Onto National ‘Vision Zero’ Pledge

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What is ‘Traffic Violence’ and Why Do We Need To Talk About It?

Email Eve Kessler at <a href="mailto:eve@streetsblog.org">eve@streetsblog.org</a>