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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

Car Culture

Study: Wealthier Motorists More Likely to Drive Like Reckless Jerks

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

Car Ownership May Be Down in the U.S., But It’s Soaring Globally

Has America Already Hit “Peak Car”?

AAA: Hands-Free Devices Don’t Solve Distracted Driving Dangers

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

Magic Cars and Silver Bullets: Will the Self-Driving Car Save the World?

Seven Ways Technology Is Rendering the Automobile Obsolete

Millennials Will Drive More as They Age, But Still Less Than Their Parents

Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York&#8217;s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

Brad Aaron

Queens Auto Dealer: Buy a Car, Get Heart Disease

Ford Tries to Sell More Cars By Looking to a Future With Fewer Cars

World’s Most Entitled Driver Sentenced to Wear “Idiot” Sign