streetblog-usa-logo-alt

streetblog-usa-logo-dark

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

Basics

Streetsblog Network Bar

Topics

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

streetsblog-usa-logo

Streetsblog USA

Jeff Speck

Car exhuast pollution tailpipe

Car culture

Walkable City 10 Years Later: Cars Make Us Sicker Than We Thought

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>

Kea Headshot square

Kea Wilson

freestocks-m7zKB91brGo-unsplash

France

Can An App That Pays Americans to Walk Get Them To Leave Their Cars At Home?

In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John writes the transportation column for the Chicago Reader weekly paper. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city on foot, bike, bus, and &#8216;L&#8217; train.

Screenshot 2023-08-08 at 7.42.59 AM

John Greenfield

7678958712_7e9e244bad_k-2

Bicycling

Education, infrastructure, and holding drivers accountable > bike helmets for cyclist safety

Grecia White

IMG_6505

Boston

Public Bathroom Access An Undervalued But Necessary Element of Walking, Transit Infrastructure

Sebastian Huydts

IMG_20220614_122042

Barcelona

A report from abroad: Barcelona transforms transportation—What it means for Chicago

Screen-Shot-2022-06-28-at-12.13.30-AM

Driving

Awful WBEZ speed cam piece disregards safety data, ignores traffic violence victims

Mary Wisniewski

IMG_2876

Pickups and SUVs are driving the pedestrian death epidemic. But the tide may be turning.

Car withh pedestrians

Infrastructure

Four Reasons that Pedestrian Deaths Just Hit a 40-Year High

Courtney Cobbs

Restroom

Possible Chicago public restroom pilot could help improve access to public space

Walking