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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

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

Rural Transit

Broadband

Study: Rural Areas Need Safe, Sustainable Transportation Now

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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City Planning

Talking Headways Podcast: The Built Environment Memory Hole

Ed Markey

Bicycle Infrastructure

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

Angie is a Cleveland-based writer with a background in planning and newspaper reporting. She has been writing about cities for Streetsblog for six years.

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Columbus

Can Columbus Grow Itself Toward Walkability?

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Minneapolis

Minneapolis Moves to Eliminate Mandatory Parking

In spring 2017, Stephen wrote for Streetsblog USA, covering the livable streets movement and transportation policy developments around the nation.
From August 2012 to October 2015, he was a reporter for Streetsblog NYC, covering livable streets and transportation issues in the city and the region. After joining Streetsblog, he covered the tail end of the Bloomberg administration and the launch of Citi Bike. Since then, he covered mayoral elections, the de Blasio administration&#8217;s ongoing Vision Zero campaign, and New York City&#8217;s ever-evolving street safety and livable streets movements.

Stephen Miller

Economics

Amazon Could Kill Car-Dependent Big Box Retail. Will It Also Kill Main Street?

Tanya became Streetsblog&#8217;s Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios Washington bureau and for public radio stations around the country. She lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood of Washington, DC.

Tanya Snyder

Michigan

Walkable Development Is on the Rise in Michigan

Katie Pearce

Jobs

Here’s How 45 Firms Explained Why They’re Moving Downtown

Smart Growth

Study: Annual Cost of Sprawl in America Adds Up to $4,500 Per Person

Development

Livable Streets or Tall Buildings? Cities Can Have Both