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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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Pedestrian Death

Op-Ed: The Troubling Tie Between Big Cars and Pedestrian Deaths

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America's Most Toxic Car Ad

America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Hummer EV vs. Dodge Demon

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Electric Cars

Study: How Megacars, More Driving Could Cancel Out EV Gains

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Active Transportation Advocates See Silver Lining in Infrastructure Bill

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Study: America’s SUV Spree Spurred Pedestrian-Death Surge

This story is the work of the Streetsblog staff.

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Around and a Roundy: The Hummer Stays in the Picture

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Hummer EV Grill

Are Heavy EVs More Dangerous to U.S. Walkers?

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FMVSS

Why Regulators Aren’t Taming the U.S. Megacar Crisis

Jesse Coburn is Streetsblog&#8217;s investigative reporter. His reporting has received a Sigma Award, a Casey Feldman Award, and awards from the Silurians Press Club and the Overseas Press Club Foundation. Previously he was a reporter at Newsday and an editor at ARCH+. He’s also written for the New York Times, the Baltimore Sun, Harper’s, Cabinet and other publications. Jesse is is on Twitter at <a href="//twitter.com/jesse_coburn">@jesse_coburn</a>. His email address is <a href="mailto:jesse@streetsblog.org">jesse@streetsblog.org</a>.

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Carnage

Number of SUVs and Other Big Cars is Up 21% in NYC

Congestion Pricing

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Study: The Surprising Reasons Why Congestion Pricing Might Get Drivers Out of SUVs

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