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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

Glenn Lyons is the Mott MacDonald Professor of Future Mobility at the University of West of England, Bristol. Spanning between academia and practice, he specialises in addressing transport sector developments in the context of ongoing and uncertain social and technological change. He has been instrumental in bringing forward the ‘decide and provide’ transport planning paradigm and led the development of FUTURES – a six-stage vision-led approach to strategic planning for an uncertain world. With his recent roles as a member of the Wales Roads Review Panel, Chair of the Road Investment Scrutiny Panel, and previous senior-level secondments into the UK Department for Transport and the New Zealand Ministry of Transport, Glenn has considerable experience with stakeholder engagement across policymaking, consultancy and academia. He is currently Vice President of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation.

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Glenn Lyons

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Vision Zero Cities 2023

Highways to Hell: How One Country is Rethinking Road Investment

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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Talking Headways Podcast: A Bootcamp for Infrastructure

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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Melanie Curry

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Funding & Finance

Coalition Working to Save Transit Asks You to Join

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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John Greenfield

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Driving

Anything but a train: Lightfoot touts luxury air taxi service instead of fixing Blue Line

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Bicycling

You love to see it: Rte. 53 extension proposal gets turned into a greenway project instead

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Federal Policy

It’s getting real: Biden budget proposal earmarks $350M for $3.6B south Red Line extension

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Safe Streets for All coalition pushes for “transit that works,” hopes to influence elections

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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Mixed Use Path Bike lane walking

Federal Funding Bill Contains $45M for New Active Transportation Program

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Bicycle Infrastructure

Here’s Where Bikes Won Big at the Polls This Month

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High Speed Rail Alliance wants better train service in Chicago and across the nation