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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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Around the Block

Oregon DOT Challenges Drivers to Avoid Using Their Phones Behind the Wheel

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Distracted Driving

We Have the Tech to Stop Distracted Driving. But Do We Have the Will?

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The Human Toll of Normalizing Distracted Driving

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Study: Drivers With Smart Phones Use Them Almost Every Time They Drive

AAA: Distracted Driving Now Standard in New Cars, Thanks to In-Dash Devices

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

NHTSA Touts Decrease in Traffic Deaths, But 32,719 Ain’t No Vision Zero

Ad Nauseam

Ad Nauseam: Use Any App You Want While Driving — Because Safety!

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

Flawed Handheld Phone Bans Don’t Stop Distracted Driving

Be Evil: Driving While Using Google Glass Should Be Legal, Says Google

Driving Apps Are Incompatible With Safe Driving