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Kea Wilson has more than a dozen years of 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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America's Most Toxic Car Ad

America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Chevy Colorado vs. Audi A3

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Air Quality

City Retires More Dirty Diesel Trucks in the Pollution-Plagued South Bronx

Bob Previdi is a former staffer at the MTA.

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Car Culture

OPINION: The Port Authority’s Car Dependence Is Killing Our Climate-Change Goals

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City Shows Off Trucks and Buses With Surround-View Cameras

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Here’s Why Federal Regulators Aren’t Doing Anything to Tame the Mega-Car Crisis

Tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He&#8217;s also the writer and producer of &#8220;Murder at the Food Coop,&#8221; which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. He also writes the Cycle of Rage column, which is <a href="https://nyc.streetsblog.org/category/special-features/cycle-of-rage">archived here</a>.

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Gersh Kuntzman

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Congestion Pricing

DOT Pushes Back on Council Bill to Repurpose Private Parking for Public Benefit

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Bicycle Infrastructure

Mass. Senator Markey Has Four Bills to Loosen Car Culture’s Grip on U.S. Cities

Email Eve Kessler at <a href="mailto:eve@streetsblog.org">eve@streetsblog.org</a>

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Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

The Space We Give to Passenger Cars Only

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A Look Back at Bezos’s Dirty Legacy on U.S. Roadways

Charles Komanoff is a national expert on congestion pricing and traffic modeling, and is the former head of Transportation Alternatives. He is a longtime Streetsblog contributor. Reach him at <a href="mailto:komanoff@gmail.com">komanoff@gmail.com</a>.

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