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

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<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

California

Can California HSR Learn From Spain’s Fatal Train Crash?

Another Swing (and a Miss) From Anderson Cooper’s Show on High-Speed Rail

Amtrak

Senate Offers a More Multi-Modal 2014 Transportation Budget Than the House

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

Federal Funding

Sparks Fly as Lawmaker Grills LaHood on Columbia River Crossing Transit

<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

Barack Obama

Obama’s 2014 Transpo Budget Calls for Higher Spending, HSR

Feds Lay Out Wide-Ranging Visions for the Future of the NE Corridor

High-speed rail

Another Slanted High-Speed Rail Story From Anderson Cooper

Mica Won’t Let His Grudge Against Amtrak Die, Revives Privatization Scheme

Keeping CNN Honest: 10 Ways Anderson Cooper Got the Rail Story Wrong