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

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THE BRAKE: Why Sustainable Transportation Advocates Need to Talk About Zoning

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 previously worked at Strong Towns, and currently lives in St. Louis, MO. Kea can be reached at <a href="mailto:kea@streetsblog.org">kea@streetsblog.org</a> or on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/streetsblogkea">@streetsblogkea</a>. Please reach out to her with tips and submissions.

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Who’s a Good Boy? Five Ways To Make Cities More Dog Friendly (Without the Car)

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15 Minute Cities

Can This App Tell You If You Live in a ’15 Minute Neighborhood’?

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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Portland Zoning

Affordable Housing

Portland Makes Way For Bike Parking

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Bicycle Infrastructure

City Officials Seek To Mold the Future of Driverless Cars

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Des Moines Downzoning is Backward — And Possibly Racist

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California

TOD-Da! Oregon Blocks Single-Family Zoning

Angie is a Cleveland-based writer with a background in planning and newspaper reporting. She has been writing about cities for Streetsblog for six years.

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