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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 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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Bicycling

Truck Deaths Are Up 71% — Will NHTSA Require New Tech?

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Why It’s So Hard to Import Small Trucks That Are Less Lethal to Pedestrians

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NTSB Chair on Vision Zero and the Safety Problems of Heavy EVs

Dan Langenkamp is a life-long cyclist and a Foreign Service Officer with the State Department. In August 2022, his wife, Sarah Debbink Langenkamp, was killed while cycling in a bike lane by the driver of a semi truck in Bethesda, MD, just weeks after their family had returned to the United States from a tour in Ukraine, helping the country fight Russia’s invasion. Dan now also serves on the Washington Area Bicyclist Association’s Board of Directors.

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Dan Langenkamp

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Essay: Sarah Langenkamp Loved Biking. She Shouldn’t Have Died Because of It.

Arian Horbovetz

Megacar Crisis

Opinion: The Real Reason Why Americans Keep Buying SUVs

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Climate Change

How Surging Pickup and SUV Sales Are Undermining Carbon Reductions From EVs

Renae Reynolds

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Congestion Pricing

OPINION: Congestion Pricing Will Bring Cleaner Air for All

Sarah Langenkamp

Bicycle Safety

‘We’re Luring Bicyclists To Their Deaths’: Husband of Diplomat Killed While Cycling Turns Anguish Into Advocacy

Yonah Freemark is the research director of the Land Use Lab at Urban Institute.

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