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

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Courtney Cobbs

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Bicycling

What can Chicago learn about cycling from the Netherlands?

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


Eve Kessler

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America Walks

To Fix Inflation <I>And</I> Climate Change, Get Americans out of Cars

<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

Opinion: Slow Transportation Should Be a Human Right

Lisa Jacobson

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Guest Column: Europe’s Bike and Transit Systems Are a Marvel, But Only For Some

<div>Melissa <span class="il">Balmer</span> is an artist, writer, communications coach and founder of PedalLove.org. She creates storytelling and media relations tools and classes</div>
<div>for those working to create active, safe, shared streets for a sustainable world.</div>


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Melissa Balmer

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OPINION: How To Use the Money Available for Safe Streets

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The Problem With EV ‘Acoustic Vehicle Alerting Systems’ That No One Is Talking About

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Why Cities Are So Bad at Counting Bicyclists — And Why it Matters

<p>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.</p>


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Melanie Curry

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How to Overcome Political Hurdles that Block Bike Lanes

<p>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.</p>


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John Greenfield

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Education, infrastructure, and holding drivers accountable > bike helmets for cyclist safety

<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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STREETFILMS: <i>Regardez Ces Pistes Impressionnantes Cyclables Parisiennes!</i>