streetblog-usa-logo-alt

streetblog-usa-logo-dark

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

Basics

Streetsblog Network Bar

Topics

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

streetsblog-usa-logo

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 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>

cropped-cropped-Round-SB-USA-Stroke-2160px.png

Kea Wilson

Kids walking to school

Public Health

Anti-Fat Bias Harms the Movement for Safe Streets — Particularly for Kids

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.

Angie Schmitt

Equity

5 Things the USDA Learned From Its First National Survey of Food Access

Bicycling

Study: Transit Commuters Have Less Body Fat Than Those Who Drive to Work

Obesity

Seattle Opens Up Neighborhood Streets for Kids to Play

More Walking and Biking, Better Health: New Evidence From American Cities

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.

Obesity

Topics

Anti-Fat Bias Harms the Movement for Safe Streets — Particularly for Kids

5 Things the USDA Learned From Its First National Survey of Food Access

Study: Transit Commuters Have Less Body Fat Than Those Who Drive to Work

Seattle Opens Up Neighborhood Streets for Kids to Play

More Walking and Biking, Better Health: New Evidence From American Cities

TED Talk: OKC Mayor Mick Cornett on Designing a City for Fitness

Study: Kids Who Live in Walkable Neighborhoods Get More Exercise

Liberating the Schoolyard

Celebrate Bike to Work Week, No Matter What You Weigh

Study: Car Commuters Put on More Weight Than Active Commuters