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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

Planking Drive Through

Car culture

No, We Don’t Need Drive-Thrus — Even During COVID-19

Walking to Corner Store

15 Minute Cities

Top Mayors Pledge to Build 15-Minute Cities For COVID-19 Recovery

Dr. Destiny Thomas is the founder and chief executive officer of <a href="https://thrivancegroup.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Thrivance Group</a>. An anthropologist planner from Oakland, Thomas has a combined six years of experience working in a project manager capacity within government agencies. In addition, Thomas has seven years of experience leading key advancements in racial equity initiatives across the state by way of community organizing, policy writing, and non-profit management in communities that have been most impacted by racial inequities. Thomas earned a BA in Political Science from Fisk University in 2006, an MPA with an emphasis in Public Health and Non Profit Management from Tennessee State University in 2008, and a PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the California Institute of Integral Studies in 2016. Follow her on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/DrDesThePlanner?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@drdestheplanner</a>.

Destiny Thomas

Breonna Taylor Mural

Equity

Opinion: Urbanism is Complicit in Infra-Structural Racism — And Reparations Have a Place in the Built Environment

Mike Lydon

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Car-Free Streets

Let’s Not Overthink This: Opening Streets is Easy, Says Urban Planner Mike Lydon

Brent Toderian

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Andrew Cuomo

Op-Ed: The Problem Is Crowding, Not ‘Density’

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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No, We Don’t Need Drive-Thrus — Even During COVID-19

Top Mayors Pledge to Build 15-Minute Cities For COVID-19 Recovery

Opinion: Urbanism is Complicit in Infra-Structural Racism — And Reparations Have a Place in the Built Environment

Let’s Not Overthink This: Opening Streets is Easy, Says Urban Planner Mike Lydon

Op-Ed: The Problem Is Crowding, Not ‘Density’

Portland Makes Way For Bike Parking

Best Practices: Five Vision Zero Tips for Suburbs

Five Lessons From Seattle’s Crusade Against Driving

Seattle Sues To Keep Car Tabs And Save Transit

Commuter Rail’s Potential Is Untapped