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

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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>.

Jesse Coburn

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Business Grew After Controversial Bike Lane Installed, Data Show

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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DOT Announces ‘Better Barriers’ in Shift to Protect Bike Lanes Faster

This story is the work of the Streetsblog staff.

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Cash for Clunkers

What An Ideal Green New Deal for Transportation Might Look Like

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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Bicycling

OUT, DAMN SHARROWS: Vote For the Sorriest Bike Infrastructure

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

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Yonah Freemark

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Bicycle Infrastructure

Why US Cities Are Investing in Safer, More-Connected Cycling Infrastructure

Ruth Rosas

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How have biking conditions been in Latine communities this winter?

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¿Cómo están las condiciones de las ciclovías en las comunidades latinas?

In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John writes the transportation column for the Chicago Reader weekly paper. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city on foot, bike, bus, and &#8216;L&#8217; train.

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Who should we be really building bikeways for?

Courtney Cobbs

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Who’s protecting and maintaining Chicago’s protected bike lanes?

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Dashed bike lanes: Better than nothing, or total trash?

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