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

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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

Bicycle Safety

Distracted Driving Is Claiming the Lives of More Pedestrians and Cyclists

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

Distracted Driving

AAA: Hands-Free Devices Don’t Solve Distracted Driving Dangers

Pretty Please: U.S. DOT Asks Carmakers to Limit Onboard Distractions

CDC: Americans Drive Distracted Waaaay More Than Europeans

In New NHTSA Report, Scarce Information on Causes of Pedestrian Deaths

Transpo Bill Rumor: DeFazio Says Conference Committee ‘Gutted’ Bike/Ped

Deal Imminent?

Ben Goldman

Audio: Chris Wallace Caught Doing Interview via Cell Phone While Driving

DOT Issues Voluntary Guidelines for Driver-Distracting Electronics Systems

Anne Lutz Fernandez is a former corporate executive with experience in management and marketing of consumer brands such as Weight Watchers frozen foods and Bufferin pain relievers. She also spent a decade as an investment banker in New York and London where her work included marketing the firm&#8217;s services to multinational corporations and advising clients on strategic mergers and acquisitions. She left her position as Director at Credit Suisse to become a writer and teacher. She currently teaches English and lives in Connecticut with her husband, who is also a teacher. She co-authored her first book, Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and its Effect on our Lives, with her sister, anthropologist Catherine Lutz.

Anne Lutz Fernandez

Cars

Pitchfork-Wielding Consumers Hold Auto Industry Hostage!