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

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Streetsblog USA

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

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Climate Change

N’east States May ‘Cap and Trade’ Transport Emissions

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Bicycle Safety

Walking and Biking are Hurt by Lack of National Leadership: Report

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Massachusetts

New Mass. Pedestrian Safety Plan Includes Snow Removal

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Around the Block

A Six-Point Plan to Cut Traffic

Planning for Less Driving, Not More, Would Lead to Big Savings

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

Michael Andersen

Bicycle Infrastructure

Massachusetts’ Bikeway Design Guide Will Be Nation’s Most Advanced Yet

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

Equity

Transit and Equity Advocate Stephanie Pollack to Lead MassDOT

Colorado

What the Results of 8 Governors’ Races Mean for Cities and Transit

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

Boston

Massachusetts Official: Boston’s Winter Cyclists “Living in the Wrong City”