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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

Highway Expansion

Moving Cars vs. Investing in Places — The Struggle for American Cities

William H. Frey

Sprawl

Will This Be the Decade of Big City Growth?

<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

Phoenix

Sprawl Madness Redux: Driving 17 Miles to Go 500 Feet in Phoenix

Ben Ross

Smart Growth

Book Excerpt: “Dead End,” a Look at Sprawl and the Rebirth of Urbanism

Connecticut

How Hartford’s Bet on Cars Set the Stage for Population Loss and Segregation

Tom Fairchild

California

Apple Transportation Program Stuck in the Past

Smart Growth America: Sprawl Shaves Years Off Your Life

State DOTs Let Roads Fall Apart While Splurging on Highway Expansion

Two Maps Show How We Designed Walking Out of the Suburbs

Atlanta

Atlanta’s Snowjam Disaster: How Much Was Sprawl to Blame?