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

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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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Kea Wilson

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Two Massacres in Texas — One With a Car, One With a Gun — Reveal Two Sides of the Culture of Violence

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The Dangers of Driving Are Way More Normalized Than We Think

This story is the work of the Streetsblog staff.

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2023

Bad Journalism

Happy New Year: Here are 8 Resolutions for Sustainable Transportation Advocates

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Car crashes

That Viral NY Times Article on Road Death Was Only the Tip of the Iceberg

Dan Langenkamp is a life-long cyclist and a Foreign Service Officer with the State Department. In August 2022, his wife, Sarah Debbink Langenkamp, was killed while cycling in a bike lane by the driver of a semi truck in Bethesda, MD, just weeks after their family had returned to the United States from a tour in Ukraine, helping the country fight Russia’s invasion. Dan now also serves on the Washington Area Bicyclist Association’s Board of Directors.

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Dan Langenkamp

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Bicycling

Essay: Sarah Langenkamp Loved Biking. She Shouldn’t Have Died Because of It.

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More than 500 People Will Die on Roads This Thanksgiving (But They Don’t Have To)

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Why There Are So Few Monuments to Traffic Violence Victims — And Why It Matters

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Walkable City 10 Years Later: What If We Took Traffic Violence As Seriously As Terror?

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NCAP

Senators Urge Regulators to ‘Put the Pedal to the Metal’ On Vehicle Safety Standards

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Research: Permanent Daylight Savings Time Could Save Human and Animal Lives on Our Roads