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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

Federal Funding

The Next Transpo Bill: Can Congress Solve the Funding Problem?

<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

Gas Tax

Concrete Proposals for Raising Gas Tax Finally on the Table

Lawmakers Score Conservative Bona Fides By Attacking Efficient Transport

The Dangerous Myth That States Give More Than They Get For Transpo

Ten Questions (and Answers) About Oregon’s New VMT Charge

Bill Shuster

Vitter: Sure, Raise the Gas Tax — Just as Long as You Don’t Raise More Money

Noel Popwell

Even If the Trust Fund Were Flush, We Should Still Switch to a VMT Fee

Amtrak

“The Twilight of the Appropriations Process”: House GOP Gets Its Knives Out

A Golden Opportunity for Congress to Avoid the Transportation “Fiscal Cliff”

Bicycling

Congress Indulges in Crazy Talk About De-Funding Transit and Taxing Bikes