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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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Car crashes

American Auto Regulation Isn’t a ‘Model’ for Gun Regulation; It’s a Cautionary Tale

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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Bicycling

Chicago Auto Show producers sponsor contest that produces awful victim-blaming PSAs

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

Car Crash Ambulance

BAD TO WORSE: Study Explains Why Road Violence Increased During the Pandemic

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Driving

How my Chicago Auto Show tweets reignited the debate over unsafe vehicle design

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Podcast: John talks with Eben Weiss, aka Bike Snob NYC, about legalizing the Idaho stop

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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GJEL

Assemblymember Phil Ting Reintroduces Bill to Decriminalize Jaywalking

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Do-It-Yourself Walk Audit: Identify Ways to Improve Walking Where You Live

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‘Solving’ Congestion Creates Worse Problems

Jeff Wood is the creator of the Talking Headways podcast and editor of the newsletter The Overhead Wire.

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Accessibility

Talking Headways Podcast: Civil Rights on the Road

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What should we do about racial discrepancies in Chicago’s life-saving traffic cam program?

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