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

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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

Would an Infrastructure Bank Have the Power to Reform Transportation?

Why Reformers Should Care How We Pay for Transportation

What Does It Take to Win a Planning Grant From the Feds?

Could Common Design Standards Bring Back U.S. Transit Manufacturing?

Commuting

If You Come, They Will Build It: Notes on Livability From Rail~volution

TIGER II Leaks Begin: New Haven’s Highway-to-Boulevard Project a Winner

TIGER II Grants to Be Announced Next Week

Barack Obama

Drawing Ideas From Reformers, Obama Gets Behind 6-Year Transpo Plan

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

Cleveland

Without a Plan, Sprawl Will Continue to Hollow Out Cleveland Region

Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

Ben Fried

Livable Communities Act Clears Senate Committee

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