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

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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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Climate Change

A Small but Crucial EV Program in the Central Valley Has Disappeared

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California Grants Billions for Transit Projects

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Bicycling

Active Transportation Program Is Highly Competitive, and Its Budget Isn’t Big Enough

This story is the work of the Streetsblog staff.

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Elections

Midterm Races that Sustainable Transportation Advocates Are Watching

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Legislation

Bill to Prohibit Building Freeways through Sensitive Communities Moves to Assembly Floor

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

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Equity

Talking Headways Podcast: A ‘Communities First’ Infrastructure Alliance

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Governor Doubles Down on Money for Car Owners in Revised Budget Proposal

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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Ten Ways the U.S. Could Cut Gas Reliance Right Now (But Probably Won’t)

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Much-Needed Transit Assistance Announced

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Driving

Induced Demand Is Hard to Explain – But It’s Crucial to Get It

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