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Why the States With the Worst Distracted Driving Laws Have the Least Distracted Driving

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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Streetsblog USA

Traffic Safety Report Finds More Drivers Using Cellphones

In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John writes about transportation and other topics for additional local publications. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city on foot, bike, bus, and &#8216;L&#8217; train.

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Chicago Policy

Why Burke and Beale’s Proposal to Ticket for “Distracted Walking” Makes No Sense

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

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Oregon DOT Challenges Drivers to Avoid Using Their Phones Behind the Wheel

Transportation planner and advocate. Steven also created Chicago Cityscape, a site that tracks neighborhood developments across the city.

Steven Vance

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Chicago

CDOT Open to Phone Hacking to Combat Distracted Driving as Police Stop Issuing Citations

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The Human Toll of Normalizing Distracted Driving

Beyond Chicagoland

Should Checking Phone Records After Serious Crashes Be Standard Practice?

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

NHTSA Touts Decrease in Traffic Deaths, But 32,719 Ain’t No Vision Zero

Ad Nauseam: Use Any App You Want While Driving — Because Safety!

Payton Chung is Editor at Large of Streetsblog USA. He first addressed a city council about smart growth in 1996, accidentally authored Chicago&#8217;s inclusionary housing law, and sees the promises and perils of planning every day as a resident of &#8220;beautiful as well as sanitary&#8221; Washington, D.C.

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Flawed Handheld Phone Bans Don’t Stop Distracted Driving

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