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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

Born and raised in Washington, D.C. and Maryland, David fell in love with journalism as a kid accompanying his reporter dad on stories while school was out. A reporter at Streetsblog from 2015 to 2019, David returned as Streetsblog Deputy Editor in 2023 after a three-year stint at the New York Post. A graduate of Montgomery Blair High School and the University of Maryland, he lives in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

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NY Gov. Goes Full-Speed Ahead on Congestion Pricing

Email Dave Colon at <a href="mailto:dcolon@streetsblog.org">dcolon@streetsblog.org</a>

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Dave Colon

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Congestion Pricing

MTA Offers Funding for Bronx Clean-Up to Get Congestion Pricing Over the Line

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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Electric Cars

Biden’s Electric Vehicle Charging Initiative is Simply Not Going to Solve America’s Car or Climate Problem

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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Highway Expansion

‘Secretary Pete Can’t Save You’: FHWA OKs Houston Highway Expansion After Pause

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Climate Change

Rest In Pieces, ‘Fix-it-First’: Biden Caves to GOP’s Highway Expansion Obsession

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Congestion Pricing Update: New York’s Tolls will Have National Implications

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What The Proposed GHG Rule Will (And Won’t) Do for the Climate

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

Eve Kessler

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Transportation Policy

Bad Road Design Is Stoking the U.S. Pedestrian Death Crisis: Report

NYC Congestion Pricing Moves Ahead as MTA Answers Feds’ 400 Technical Questions

Courtney Cobbs

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Chicago

A back door deal: Land transfer to facilitate driving to O’Hare from west is a bad investment

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