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

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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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America Walks

Advocates Warn ‘Reconnecting Communities’ Program Could Actually Expand Highways

Ben Crowther is the advocacy manager for America Walks.

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Ben Crowther

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Highway Removal

Op-Ed: To Heal Historic Highway Harms, Sec. Buttigieg Needs Bold Thinking

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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Detroit

Feds Using Freight Program Money to Tear Down a Detroit Highway

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E-bikes

What’s in the New ‘Climate’ Deal for Sustainable Transport — And What’s Not

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Four Things Advocates Need to Know About the ‘Reconnecting Communities’ Program

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Freeways

Cracking the Code on Fighting Highway Expansion Projects

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Freeway Fighters Across the U.S. Are Joining Forces — And They Want You

Joe Manchin

Climate Change

What’s In (And What’s Out Of) the New Reconciliation Bill For Sustainable Transport

Highway Removal

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Advocates Warn ‘Reconnecting Communities’ Program Could Actually Expand Highways

Op-Ed: To Heal Historic Highway Harms, Sec. Buttigieg Needs Bold Thinking

Feds Using Freight Program Money to <I>Tear Down</I> a Detroit Highway

What’s in the New ‘Climate’ Deal for Sustainable Transport — And What’s Not

Four Things Advocates Need to Know About the ‘Reconnecting Communities’ Program

Cracking the Code on Fighting Highway Expansion Projects

Freeway Fighters Across the U.S. Are Joining Forces — And They Want You

What’s In (And What’s Out Of) the New Reconciliation Bill For Sustainable Transport

Op-Ed: Will States and Feds Let Cities Tame Urban Highways?

These 15 Urban Highways Have Got to Go