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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

Pedestrian safety

LaHood Incorrectly Blames 80 Percent of Pedestrians for Their Own Deaths

Bicycling

Colorado Authorities Cite Driver for Cyclist Harassment

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

Safety

Highway Safety for Sale in Texas

Bicycle Infrastructure

NACTO Beats the Clock With Quick Update of Bike Guide

Bike/Ped

September Brings ‘Back to School’ Jump in Traffic Congestion

No Explanations as Traffic Deaths Jump 13.5 Percent

AASHTO

How State DOTs Got Congress to Grant Their Wish List

Bridges

GOP’s “Bridge Repair, Not Bike Lanes” Mantra Was Just a Lot of Hot Air

Air Quality

A New Bill Passes, But America’s Transpo Policy Stays Stuck in 20th Century

Anne Lutz Fernandez is a former corporate executive with experience in management and marketing of consumer brands such as Weight Watchers frozen foods and Bufferin pain relievers. She also spent a decade as an investment banker in New York and London where her work included marketing the firm&#8217;s services to multinational corporations and advising clients on strategic mergers and acquisitions. She left her position as Director at Credit Suisse to become a writer and teacher. She currently teaches English and lives in Connecticut with her husband, who is also a teacher. She co-authored her first book, Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and its Effect on our Lives, with her sister, anthropologist Catherine Lutz.

Anne Lutz Fernandez

Car Dependence

High Anxiety: Good Parents and Bad Parents on the Road