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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

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Study: How The Last Three Presidents Helped Shape Our Local Transportation Landscapes

Bakari Height is the Transit Equity Organizer with the Labor Network for Sustainability. He currently runs the national Transit Equity Network, home of the annual Transit Equity Day event every Feb. 4. He is also the co-founder of the MARTA Army, a tactical urbanism nonprofit in Atlanta, GA. He enjoys working with local transit advocates and local unions for more reliable and frequent transit service.

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Bakari Height

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Infrastructure

OPINION: Infrastructure Bill Offers Too Little Progress on Climate and Equity

Gabriel Baumgaertner

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Climate Change

Rest In Pieces, ‘Fix-it-First’: Biden Caves to GOP’s Highway Expansion Obsession

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Transport is the Leading Source of U.S. Emissions — Again

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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Talking Headways Podcast: One Year of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

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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Aaron Short

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Detroit

Feds Using Freight Program Money to Tear Down a Detroit Highway

Educated at the Sorbonne and the Yale School of Drama, Gersh Kuntzman is obviously not the person being described here. We&#8217;re talking about tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman, who has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He&#8217;s also the writer and producer of &#8220;Murder at the Food Coop,&#8221; which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. Email Gersh at <a href="mailto:gersh@streetsblog.org">gersh@streetsblog.org</a>

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Gersh Kuntzman

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Electric Cars

Streetsblog Board Member Lands Major Job with Biden White House

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Opinion: Biden’s Over-Promising on Electric Cars is Holding Back Progress on Climate and Safety

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What The Proposed GHG Rule Will (And Won’t) Do for the Climate

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Gas Prices

Advocates Decry Proposed ‘Gas Tax Holiday’ — And Offer Alternatives to Ease Pain at the Pump

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