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

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Charles Komanoff is a national expert on congestion pricing and traffic modeling, and is the former head of Transportation Alternatives. He is a longtime Streetsblog contributor. Reach him at <a href="mailto:komanoff@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">komanoff@gmail.com</a>.

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Charles Komanoff

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California

Opinion: Alternatives to California’s Pro-Car Giveaway

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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Climate Change

Ten Ways the U.S. Could Cut Gas Reliance Right Now (But Probably Won’t)

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Advocates to Biden: Car Dependence — Not Gas Prices — Is America’s Real Crisis

Transportation planner and advocate. Steven also created Chicago Cityscape, a site that tracks neighborhood developments across the city.

Steven Vance

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Chicago

Here’s why Pritzker’s plan to skip this year’s scheduled gas tax hike is a bad idea

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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Gas Tax

What Would Newsom’s “Gas Tax Inflation Adjustment Holiday” Really Mean?

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Carbon Tax

Study: A Road Pricing Scheme That Actually Cuts Driving

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Extension of Road User Charge Pilot Will Incorporate Efficiency and Equity

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Three Reasons to Put the 1980s in the Past And #EndTheEightyTwentySplit

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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Driving

Raising city gas tax isn’t a perfect solution, but it could help prevent COVID carmaggedon

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Fuel Efficiency

Half of Americans Want Drivers Who Drive More to Pay More