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

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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

Parking

The Spectacular Waste of Half-Empty Black Friday Parking Lots

Get Your Cameras Ready for Half-Empty Black Friday Parking Lots

Will Handsfield

House of Representatives

Congress Gives Itself More Free Parking Than Its Own Rules Allow

Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

Ben Fried

Elections

SF Voters Reject Measure to Enshrine Free Parking and Stop Livable Streets

Progress on Parking Reform Could Make DC More Walkable and Affordable

Payton Chung is Editor at Large of Streetsblog USA. He first addressed a city council about smart growth in 1996, accidentally authored Chicago&#8217;s inclusionary housing law, and sees the promises and perils of planning every day as a resident of &#8220;beautiful as well as sanitary&#8221; Washington, D.C.

Payton Chung

In Tenth Year of Park(ing) Day, Parklets Bloom on Six Continents

Al Jazeera America Talks Parking Craters With Streetsblog

Portland Tackled Disabled Parking Placard Abuse, and It’s Working

What’s the Best Way to Tax Parking?

Aaron was the editor of Streetsblog San Francisco from January 2012 until October 2015. He joined Streetsblog in 2010 after studying rhetoric and political communication at SF State University and spending a semester in Denmark.

Aaron Bialick

Facebook Billionaire Sean Parker Bankrolls Free Parking Ballot Initiative in SF