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

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<p>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>)</p>


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Aaron Short

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Car culture

D.C. SUV Owners Will Finally Pay Much More to Drive Such Behemoths

<p>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></p>


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Kea Wilson

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Infrastructure

Four Reasons that Pedestrian Deaths Just Hit a 40-Year High

Tom Flood

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Ad Nauseam

Opinion: Now Detroit is Selling $75K Pickup Trucks for the Cappuccino Run

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Children

Japan’s ‘Old Enough!’ Sparks Questions About Car-Dependent US Childhoods

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Climate Change

Buttigieg’s New Emissions Standards Fail to Close ‘Light Truck Loophole’

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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Study: Megacar Drivers Up to 4x More Likely to Hit Walkers While Turning

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ADAS

Fed. Vehicle Safety Rating Update Won’t Get Megacars Off the Road

AJ LaTrace

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Driving

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

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Car crashes

Feds: Megacar Owners Actually Drove More In 2020 Than 2019

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"Accidents"

That Viral Dodge Ad Isn’t the First Time Automakers Compared Drivers to ‘Predators’

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