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

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Michael Andersen writes about housing and transportation for the Sightline Institute. He previously covered bike infrastructure for PeopleForBikes, a national bicycling advocacy organization.

Michael Andersen

Bicycle Infrastructure

Get Ready for a Landmark Study of America’s Protected Bike Lanes

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

Bicycling

8 Takeaways From the Bike League’s Study of Cyclist Fatalities

Highway Expansion

State DOTs Let Roads Fall Apart While Splurging on Highway Expansion

Carolyn Szczepanski

“Really, Dude? Opposition Is So 70s”: Local Officials Talk Bike Policy

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

Commuting

Study: All Across America, Car Commuting Is Dropping

Baltimore

Study: Shorter Blocks May Be the Key to Cutting Traffic in Small Cities

Boondoggles

Here They Are: The Best and Worst American Transportation Projects

Public Health

British National Health Experts: Cycling Safer Than Couch Sitting

Fuel Efficiency

Which States Are Breaking Free From Oil Dependence? NRDC Ranks All 50

Katie Pearce

Chart from “Losing Ground: The Struggle of Moderate-Income Households to Afford the Rising Costs of Housing and Transportation”

Economics

Why It Can Be More Affordable to Live in an “Expensive” City

Studies & Reports