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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

This lab crash simulates a 2012 red-light-running crash in Yuma, Arizona. The driver was severely injured. Photo: IIHS

As Cities Turn Off Red Light Cameras, Red Light Runners Claim More Lives

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 25, 2018 | No Comments
A 17 percent rise in red light-running fatalities coincides with a 21 percent decline in the number of red light cameras in operation, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Camden Mayor Frank Moran rides an ofo bike. Photo: Patrick Miner/Twitter

Ofo Exits Camden in a Cautionary Tale About Venture-Funded Bike-Share

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 24, 2018 | No Comments
What happened in Camden highlights a major risk when cities work with bike-share companies that reveal so little about their operations and finances.
Washington StateSecretary of Transportation Roger Millar. Photo: WSDOT

Washington State DOT Chief: Fixing Congestion With Highways “Fiscally Impossible”

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 24, 2018 | No Comments
"The problem is we don't provide affordable housing and transportation solutions," Roger Millar told a convention of highway builders last week.
Shorter waits for pedestrians are part of Transport for London's "walking action plan." Photo: Transport for London

New Traffic Signals in London Will Give Pedestrians the Green Light By Default

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 24, 2018 | No Comments
The city of London is on a mission to make walking as convenient as possible, using smarter traffic signals that reduce wait times for pedestrians.
Photo: Stephen Fesler/The Urbanist

Dallas and Seattle Ride the Dockless Bike-Share Rollercoaster

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 23, 2018 | No Comments
The two U.S. cities with the largest dockless bike-share fleets are now on different paths.
North Carolina DOT wants to widen Ashville's Merrimon Avenue, which is already a four lane commercial speedway. Photo: Google Maps

North Carolina DOT Needs a Culture Change to Translate Complete Streets Policy Into Action

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 19, 2018 | No Comments
Changing the entrenched practices of transportation agencies is easier said than done.
We've heard this story before and we'll hear it again. Because the core problem is never solved. Photo: AL.com

Stories About Marathon Walking Commuters Receiving Benevolent Donations of Cars Are Actually Terrible

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 18, 2018 | No Comments
These stories aren't heartwarming. They highlight systemic, persistent injustice that goes unaddressed.
A mural celebrates Phoenix's plans to extend light rail into South Central. Photo: Valley Metro

Slowly and Stealthily, Trump’s DOT Starves Transit Expansion Projects of Federal Funds

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 18, 2018 | No Comments
The Trump administration has slowed the release of federal transit grants to such a crawl that expansion projects in the works for years are now in jeopardy.
If your transit agency is neglecting the basics of good bus service, it's failing to advance social equity. Photo: David Meyer

Six Principles for a Transit System That Makes Your City More Fair and Just

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 17, 2018 | No Comments
Transit should be a great social equalizer. In many cities, however, transit's potential to advance economic fairness is held in check because resources are distributed inequitably.

Senators Want to Sneak Safety Exemptions for Self-Driving Cars Into Law

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 17, 2018 | No Comments
A group of senators led by South Dakota Republican John Thune wants to let companies rush self-driving cars to market before any federal safety standards related to autonomous systems have been drafted.
Local residents finally have a safe path connecting the neighborhoods of Remington and Reservoir Hill. Photo: Side A Photography

Baltimore’s Super Quick Fix for a Dangerous Road

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 16, 2018 | No Comments
Using Jersey barriers filled with water for ballast, the city carved a safe walking and biking path out of a lane of car traffic.
The filled-in slip lane at the intersection of North, Damen, and Milwaukee in Chicago. Photo: John Greenfield

Cities Are Replacing Dangerous Slip Lanes With Space for People

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 16, 2018 | No Comments
What a difference some paint makes.
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