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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

Car Culture

Has America Already Hit “Peak Car”?

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

High Anxiety: Good Parents and Bad Parents on the Road

Ben Goldman

Car Dependence

Mounting Transportation and Housing Costs Devour Household Budgets

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

Maps Show Striking Link Between Car Commuting and Obesity

Trapped By Car Dependence: Stories From Commute-Battered Americans

Time to See Older Drivers Through Dry Eyes

Has America Passed Peak Car Use, or Is It Just a Cyclical Decline?

Catherine Lutz

The Once and Future Auto Bailouts

Food Deserts: Another Way the Deck Is Stacked Against Car-Free Americans

Driven to the Poorhouse: How Car Title Lenders Prey on Americans