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

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COVID-19

Food, mobility justice advocates join forces at the Chicago Food Justice Summit

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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Ed Markey

Bicycle Infrastructure

These Four Bills Could Help Loosen Car Dependency’s Grip On U.S. Cities

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Amtrak

Amtrak Is Ready to Grow. Will it Finally Get the Subsidy It Deserves?

Car culture

Why We Need To Stop Calling Auto-Centric Roads ‘Assets’

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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Eyes on the Street

Better Streets calls on the city to develop a plan for municipal sidewalk snow removal

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Cars

Op-Ed: Highway Expansion Would Take Md. in the Wrong Direction

Beth Osborne

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Equity

Smart Growth America Equity Summit envisions a community-lead approach to planning

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

Metra hints that it may eventually move to a less 9-to-5-focused train schedule

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Bicycling

Could a network of Slow Streets circuits speed pandemic recovery?

Olivia Grenzebach

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crime

Should the CTA adopt women-only transit? Interviews with Chicago women suggest yes

Infrastructure