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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

Jeff Wood is the creator of the Talking Headways podcast and editor of the newsletter The Overhead Wire.

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Jeff Wood

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Cars

Talking Headways Podcast: How Walkable Cities Foster Public Health

Josh Stephens

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The Internal-Combustion Car Did Us a Favor

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

Eve Kessler

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Carnage

New Bill Would Mandate Speed Governors and Set Limits on Huge SUVs on NY Streets by 2024

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Talking Headways Podcast: Asphalt Art!

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Transportation Policy

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

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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Bicycle Safety

Study: SUVs Are Indeed Death Machines for Children and Black Road Users

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Talking Headways Podcast: What Cities Gain by Removing Parking

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 previously worked at Strong Towns, and currently lives in St. Louis, MO. Kea can be reached at <a href="mailto:kea@streetsblog.org">kea@streetsblog.org</a> or on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/streetsblogkea">@streetsblogkea</a>. Please reach out to her with tips and submissions.

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Kea Wilson

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Car crashes

Vehicle-Into-Building Crashes 40% Higher Than Previously Thought

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America Walks

OPINION: Make Cars Safer for People Outside of Vehicles

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

Car culture

D.C. SUV Owners Will Finally Pay Much More to Drive Such Behemoths