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Michael Andersen writes about housing and transportation for the Sightline Institute. He previously covered bike infrastructure for PeopleForBikes, a national bicycling advocacy organization.

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Bicycling

For People of Color, Barriers to Biking Go Far Beyond Infrastructure, Study Shows

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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Around the Block

The “Jaywalker” Brutalized By Sacramento Police Was Stopped for No Reason at All

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Atlanta

How Racial Discrimination Shaped Atlanta’s Transportation Mess

Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York&#8217;s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

Brad Aaron

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Bill de Blasio

Civic Groups Renew Call for Streets That Support Public Expression

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Civil Rights

A Plea for de Blasio to Support Free Expression With Better Public Spaces

David was Streetsblog&#8217;s do-it-all New York City beat reporter from 2015 to 2019. He returned as deputy editor in 2023 after a three-year stint at the New York Post.

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David Meyer

TA: Traffic Justice Must Align With Racial Justice

Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

Ben Fried

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Andrew Cuomo

Do Not Collaborate With Hatred

Sahra is Communities Editor for Streetsblog L.A., covering the intersection of mobility with race, class, history, representation, policing, housing, health, culture, community, and access to the public space in Boyle Heights and South Central Los Angeles.

Sahra Sulaiman

“Law-and-Order,” the Resilience of White Supremacy, and You

LA County Bike Coalition’s Tamika Butler on Planning While Black

Civil Rights Advocates Challenge Missouri DOT’s Discriminatory Spending