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

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The 2024 Streetsblog Gift Guide For Sustainable Transportation Advocates Who Love to Read

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Friday Video: Would Our Cities Be Better Off Without Public Hearings?

Brittany Simmons is an urban planner by practice and a creative by nature. She has garnered an audience of 100,000+ followers sharing her experience in and insights about urban planning on TikTok under the handle <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@signedbritt?lang=en">@signedbritt</a>. Brittany is a Planner at OHM Advisors; her place-based, community-driven research and analysis guide strategies that make cities more livable, equitable, and economically vibrant.

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Urban planning is glowing up on social media.

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Bringing Planning to the People: Social Media as a Tool

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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15 Minute Cities

Want a Better 15-Minute City? Ask Residents What They Really Want

Jennifer Kent, Emily J. Rugel and Marlee Bower

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Bicycling

Are You Lonely? It’s Not You, It’s the Way We’ve Built our Nation

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

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The 2024 Streetsblog Gift Guide For Sustainable Transportation Advocates Who Love to Read

Friday Video: Would Our Cities Be Better Off Without Public Hearings?

Bringing Planning to the People: Social Media as a Tool

Want a Better 15-Minute City? Ask Residents What They Really Want

Are You Lonely? It’s Not You, It’s the Way We’ve Built our Nation

Talking Headways Podcast: The Built Environment Memory Hole

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Talking Headways Podcast: Down on Main Street

Memo to Buttigieg: Fix Our National Traffic Control Standards

Opinion: We Must Plan Racial Justice In Our Cities