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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 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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Four Ways ‘Automobility’ Shapes Our Lives — Besides Crashes and Climate

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America's Most Toxic Car Ad

America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Hummer EV vs. Dodge Demon

This story is the work of the Streetsblog staff.

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What is ‘Traffic Violence’ and Why Do We Need To Talk About It?

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Why The U.S. Needs a Bold 2030 Mode Shift Target

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CAR ‘SIT-INS’? Drivers Are Drowning Out the Voices of the Most-Vulnerable During COVID-19

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Trump Says COVID-19 Deaths May Be the Price We Pay For A Strong Economy — Just Like Traffic Deaths

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U.S. Breaks With World on Pact to Cut Road Deaths

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Another City Eliminated Non-Driver Deaths In 2019

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EV Hummer Bummer, Part III: The Machine Still Kills

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>)

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