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Angie Schmitt

@schmangee
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.

Recent Posts

A pilot on Broad Street this summer demonstrated safety-importing bump outs and how the urban trail system would look and function. Photo: Sam Goater

Providence Planning On-Street, Brightly Painted ‘Urban Trails’

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 16, 2018 | No Comments
The goal is to connect every neighborhood with safe biking and walking infrastructure and art that pays homage to each area's unique culture.
Photo: Minesweeper/Wikimedia Commons

Millennials Unhappily Stuck in their Parents’ Transportation System

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 14, 2018 | No Comments
In a new survey, Millennials report fairly high dissatisfaction with driving, but they are mostly without alternatives.
Using low-cost materials like this concrete divider, Toronto set up new streetcar stops on the far side of intersections on King Street, enabling safer boarding and cutting down on time stopped at red lights. Photo: Human Transit

Toronto Cleared Cars Off a Major Transit Corridor — And it Worked!

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 13, 2018 | No Comments
Once the street was closed to cars, about 20,000 additional streetcar riders materialized practically overnight. 
A "slow turn wedge" at 89 Avenue and 164 Street in Queens, New York. Photo: Google Maps

Cities are Making Left Turns Safer with ‘Wedges’

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 9, 2018 | No Comments
Strategically placed bollards and curbs slow drivers and prevent them from "cutting corners," keeping pedestrians safer.
Photo: Flickr/Raido Kaldma

Uber and Lyft Carrying More Trips Than Light Rail in Seattle

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 8, 2018 | No Comments
They are primarily moving folks living in the densest — and best-connected — parts of the county.
Tampa's All for Transportation won big last night. Photo: Christina Barker

Election 2018: The Koch Brothers Lost Big in Tampa Last Night

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 7, 2018 | No Comments
A grassroots-led push for trails, sidewalks and transit funding in Hillsborough County was successful despite opposition backed by the Koch brothers.
Cam Hardy, the volunteer advocate who led the fight for Cincinnati's first dedicated bus lane, speaks at there ribbon cutting ceremony this morning. Photo: City of Cincinnati

Cincinnati Bus Riders Finally Get A Lane of their Own

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 6, 2018 | No Comments
Cincinnati is piloting a dedicated bus lane on Main Street during rush hour. The move promises speedier service to 11,000 riders.
Cleveland's HealthLine Photo: ITDP

America’s Early Bus Rapid Transit Systems Are Working Well

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 5, 2018 | No Comments
Now 10 years old and older, the performance of the U.S.'s first bus rapid transit systems helps explain why the model has caught fire.
Photo: Pexels.com

Single-Family Housing Upholds the Patriarchy and Hurts Moms

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 2, 2018 | No Comments
What happened to the "village?" They're a car ride away.
Photo: Lyft

Uber and Lyft Ads Are Really Annoying Us Lately

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 1, 2018 | No Comments
Research increasingly shows Uber and Lyft are worsening congestion, hurting transit, even boosting car sales. It shouldn't be too surprising if you've been paying attention to their ads.
Photo: Side A Photography

Baltimore’s New Complete Streets Policy Aims to Promote Racial Equity

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 31, 2018 | No Comments
The next frontier in complete streets is equity and Baltimore is helping lead the way.
Photo: UPS

UPS to Test E-Bike Deliveries in Seattle

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 31, 2018 | No Comments
UPS, which uses e-bikes in more than a dozen European cities, is expanding the service in the U.S.
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