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

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Clarence Eckerson Jr. is the Director of Video Production for NYCSR&#8217;s StreetFilms and producer of bikeTV. He loves the color purple, chocolate chip cookies, and enjoys walking, biking, and taking transit. He has never owned a driver&#8217;s license.

Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Cleveland

Parking Craters: Scourge of American Downtowns

Tanya became Streetsblog&#8217;s Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios Washington bureau and for public radio stations around the country. She lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood of Washington, DC.

Tanya Snyder

Connecticut

How Hartford’s Bet on Cars Set the Stage for Population Loss and Segregation

Payton Chung is Editor at Large of Streetsblog USA. He first addressed a city council about smart growth in 1996, accidentally authored Chicago&#8217;s inclusionary housing law, and sees the promises and perils of planning every day as a resident of &#8220;beautiful as well as sanitary&#8221; Washington, D.C.

Payton Chung

California

Parking Craters Aren’t Just Ugly, They’re a Cancer on Your City’s Downtown

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.

Angie Schmitt

Greener Housing and Transportation Coming to Central Connecticut

Guerrilla Crosswalk Turns Into Total Overhaul of New Haven Intersection

Connecticut Borrowing for Road Expansion Like There’s No Tomorrow

When Livability Projects Meet Eisenhower-Era Design Standards [Updated]

Advocates Defend New Haven’s “Downtown Crossing” Highway Removal Plan

Instead of Reclaiming a Despised Highway, New Haven Plans a Close Replica

Nearly Half of TIGER Award Money Goes to Roads, 29 Percent For Transit