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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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Advocates Urge Feds Not To Weaken Already-Weak Crash Reporting Guidelines

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Urban Design

Colorado Program Fixes Broken Streetlights Instead of Arresting People for Broken Windows

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Bicycling

How Bike/Walk Laws ‘Arrest’ the Mobility of Black Americans

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Police Car Stops Alienate Communities and Lead to Violent Deaths Like Tyre Nichols’s — Should They Be Rethought?

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Car culture

Walkable City 10 Years Later: How Car Culture Takes Away Our Freedom

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Three Common Types of Bike Laws That Are Overdue for an Overhaul

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Bad Journalism

Study Seeks To Get Cops To Write Better Crash Reports

This story is the work of the Streetsblog staff.

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Car crashes

THE BRAKE: Why ‘Automobility’ Is About So Much More Than Automobiles

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St Paul Police Brutality Protest Transit

Op-Ed: Why Decarceration Must Be A Part of Transportation Reform

Sahra is Communities Editor for Streetsblog L.A., covering the intersection of mobility with race, class, history, representation, policing, housing, health, culture, community, and access to the public space in Boyle Heights and South Central Los Angeles.

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New L.A. Ordinance Cracking Down on Bicycle “Chop Shops” Ghost of Defunct Mayoral Campaign