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

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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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Chicago

HYPE-err-Loop! 700 MPH Cleveland-Chicago Train Actually Gets Taxpayer Cash

Angie is a Cleveland-based writer with a background in planning and newspaper reporting. She has been writing about cities for Streetsblog for six years.

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California

States Aren’t Even Trying to Reduce Traffic Deaths

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WRONG! Safety Officials Think Tech Gadgets Will Save Pedestrians from Monster SUVs

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There’s a Right Way to Spend Trillions on Infrastructure

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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Cars

The $2T Infrastructure Plan May Worsen Climate Change

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Donald Trump

Trump Administration Continues Funny Business with Transit Funding

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Congestion

Is Portland’s ‘Congestion Pricing’ Plan Any Good?

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Trump Turns Obama-Era Program into a Road Fund

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Cities, Counties, States and Countries

Safety Officials to Cities: Stop Buying Such Huge Trucks

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Rail

U.S. Finally Legalizes Modern, European-Style Train Cars

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