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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 Dependence

Are There Any Affordable Cities Left in America?

Cleveland

Ta-Nehisi Coates on Race, Sprawl, and Car Culture

Economics

How Two Regions Reined in Job Piracy — And Two Others Failed

Climate Change

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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.

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Sprawl

Smart Growth America: Sprawl Shaves Years Off Your Life

Development

HUD and U.S. DOT Embrace Housing + Transportation Metric for Affordability

Paul Krugman Links Sprawl to Persistent Social Inequality

Detroit

How Sprawl Got Detroit Into This Mess

Clarence Eckerson Jr. is the Director of Video Production for NYCSR&#8217;s StreetFilms and producer of bikeTV. He loves the color purple, chocolate chip cookies, and enjoys walking, biking, and taking transit. He has never owned a driver&#8217;s license.

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Fix-it First

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