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

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<p>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.</p>


Angie Schmitt

NHTSA

Will US DOT’s Self-Driving Car Rules Make Streets Safe for Walking and Biking?

Bicycle Safety

U.S. Traffic Fatalities Rising Fast — Especially Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths

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

Car Dependence

How America’s Staggering Traffic Death Rate Became Matter-of-Fact

<p>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.</p>


Tanya Snyder

Distracted Driving

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

Bicycling

8 Takeaways From the Bike League’s Study of Cyclist Fatalities

The Death Toll From Cars Is Even Higher Than You Thought

NHTSA Chief David Strickland Gets Caught in the Revolving Door

It’s Official: 33,561 People Killed in Traffic on American Streets Last Year

U.S. DOT Launches “Everyone Is a Pedestrian” Campaign