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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

Streetsblog California Editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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Melanie Curry

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Governor Newsom

Newsom’s Deeply Disappointing Vetoes of Traffic Safety Bills

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Damien Newton

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Governor Newsom Signs Legislation Allowing Cities Greater Control of Speed Limits and Bus Lane/Stop Enforcement

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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Kea Wilson

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Mobility Justice

Report: To Make Transit Safe, Rethink Transit Cops

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California Won’t Be Getting Speed Enforcement Cameras

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Bicycling

A Tragic Story, Used to Oppose Stop-as-Yield Bill on Safety Grounds, May Not Be True

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San Diego Making “Modest But Real” Gains on Vision Zero Goal

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Bicycle Safety

Protecting Non-Motorists Makes NTSB ‘Most Wanted List’ For the First Time

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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John Greenfield

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Driving

New data shows Chicago’s speed cameras are effective in preventing traffic deaths

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Buses

L.A. Should ‘Al Fresco’ Its Bus Stops

Email Eve Kessler at <a href="mailto:eve@streetsblog.org">eve@streetsblog.org</a>

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