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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

Detroit

7 Photos Show How Detroit Hollowed Out During the Highway Age

Highway Expansion

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How Road Planners Fail Neighborhoods

<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

Car Dependence

Wisconsin’s Outdated Transportation Priorities Are Alienating Young People

Climate Change

Earth Day Resolution: Stop Building Projects Like the Zoo Interchange

The Fuzzy Math in the Road Lobby’s Memo to Congress

State DOTs Let Roads Fall Apart While Splurging on Highway Expansion

Driving Declines Spell Big Trouble for Turnpikes

Desperate to Keep Highway Money Flowing, Texas Foists Costs Onto Cities

Credit Rating Agencies Uneasy About Toll Roads as Americans Drive Less