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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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National Transportation Safety Board

Safety Board Responds to Ped Crash Crisis

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NHTSA

Federal Safety Officials Knew SUV Design Kills Pedestrians and Didn’t Act

Streetsblog California Editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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Melanie Curry

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Distracted Driving

Traffic Safety Report Finds More Drivers Using Cellphones

America Hasn’t Seen a Spike in Traffic Deaths This Bad in 50 Years

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Around the Block

Why Are Carmakers Allowed to Sell Products That Go Faster Than 100 MPH?

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

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