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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

Kait Spielmaker

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Opinion: It’s Time to Embrace ‘Deinfluencing’ Car Culture — and Gen Z is Leading

Robert Goodspeed

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Opinion: Stop Expanding the Damn Roads in Michigan

<p>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></p>


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Gersh Kuntzman

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Highway Boondoggles

Highway Boondoggles, Part VII: Oregon’s Abernethy Insanity

Matt Casale

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Highway Boondoggles Part VI: Martinsville’s Big Miss

<p>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></p>


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Kea Wilson

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Highway Boondoggles Part V: Duluth’s ‘Can of Worms’

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Highway Boondoggles, Part IV: Erie’s ‘Mistake by the Lake’

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Highway Boondoggles, Part III: Two Big Garden State Mistakes

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Highway Boondoggles, Part II: Induced Demand Across the Ohio River

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Highway Boondoggles, Part I: Maryland’s Misguided Highway Extension

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How the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Could Fast-Track Harmful Highway Boondoggles