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Mathew Katz is a Canadian freelance reporter/producer living in New York City. His writing has appeared in The Toronto Star, The Village Voice, Torontoist, The Huffington Post, and NPR.org. He&#8217;s also had radio pieces appear on National Public Radio and the BBC World Service. 
Mathew graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is 2009, and before that completed a B.A. at the University of Toronto. He&#8217;s an avid baker, and rides a worn-down hybrid bike around the city.

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Smart Growth

The Economic Argument for Walkability

Ryan Avent

More People, Less Driving: The Imperative of Curbing Sprawl

The Power of Transit-Oriented Development

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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.

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Sarah Goodyear

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Jason Varone battles the streets everyday during a 9 mile commute on his bicycle from downtown Brooklyn to the Upper East Side. In addition to his efforts on Streetsblog, he is an artist making work related to the environment and technology. Examples of his work can be found at www.varonearts.org.

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