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Brendan Kearney
Brendan Kearney is executive director of WalkMassachusetts and a former member of the StreetsblogMASS board of directors. He lives in Framingham.
February 10, 2026
Aman Shankardass
Aman Shankardass is a Master’s student at Boston University interested in transportation planning and human-centered urban design. Last year, he founded Boston Cafe Bikers, a Boston-based community that promotes city exploration and bike safety, aimed at building confidence in sustainable commuting. Find him on Instagram: @bos_cafe_bikers.
January 26, 2026
Jesse Coburn, ProPublica
Jesse Coburn is a reporter at ProPublica after a stint as Streetsblog’s investigative reporter, where his reporting received a Polk Award, a Sigma Award, and awards from the Silurians Press Club and the Overseas Press Club Foundation. Previously he was a reporter at Newsday and an editor at ARCH+.
December 1, 2025
Jarrett Walker
Jarrett Walker is an international consultant in public transit network design and policy, based in Portland, Oregon. He has been a full-time consultant since 1991 and has led numerous major planning projects in cities and towns of all sizes, across North America, Australia, and New Zealand. He is also the author of Human Transit: How clearer … Continued
August 27, 2025
Bhuvan Atluri
Bhuvan Atluri is the Associate Director of Research at the MIT Mobility Initiative.
July 12, 2025