Angie Schmitt
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
8 Tips for Cities to Make the Most of Dockless Bike-Share and Scooters
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The National Association of City Transportation Officials released guidelines to help cities manage these services without getting taken for a ride.
American Cities Are Drowning in Car Storage
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Groundbreaking research presents credible estimates of the total parking supply in several American cities, and it's not pretty.
Mad About Bike Lanes, Baltimore Fire Department Takes It Out on Advocates
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One BCFD firefighter is facing assault charges for his attack on a city planner. But allegations of harassment and intimidation go beyond that.
No, “Drunk Walking” Is Not Causing the Rise in Pedestrian Deaths
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Last week the Detroit Free Press published some stellar reporting about why America’s transportation system is killing more pedestrians: the growing number of bigger, more dangerous vehicles. For a brief moment it seemed like coverage of pedestrian safety might turn a corner and get over the impulse to blame the victim. It didn’t last. A new report […]
These Are the American Cities Where Transit Access to Jobs Is Getting Better
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How many jobs are within reach if you take the bus instead of driving? The answer says a lot about the transit system and economic opportunity in your region. If people can’t rely on transit to get to work, they’re either going to drive, or they’ll be shut out of employment opportunities altogether. Using Census […]
6 Times NHTSA Scolded Pedestrians When It Knew SUVs Were Killing Them
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Since 2015, NHTSA has known that SUVs were two to three times more likely to kill pedestrians than cars. Instead it blamed headphones and Pokemon Go.
Federal Safety Officials Knew SUV Design Kills Pedestrians and Didn’t Act
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A 2015 NHTSA report reviewed a range of research showing that people are two to three times more likely to be killed when struck by an SUV than by a typical passenger car.
North Carolina DOT Threatens to Steamroll Asheville’s Highway-to-Boulevard Plans
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Asheville has a plan to salvage part of its city from a highway. But North Carolina DOT wants to rush forward with a highway rebuild without committing to that plan.
The Story of “Micro Transit” Is Consistent, Dismal Failure
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Real world experience has proven that diverting resources to "micro transit" is not a recipe to improve transit or increase ridership.
Larry Hogan’s Maryland Highway Building Binge Threatens to Force Hundreds of People From Their Homes
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Uprooting economically vulnerable people to make room for roads isn't a relic of the 1960s -- it's alive and well in Maryland in 2018.
Durham-Orange Light Rail Survives GOP Assassination Attempt in State Budget
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Advocates mobilized quickly to strip a rider that would have killed the project out of the state budget.
Surprise Attack on Phoenix Light Rail Expansion Reeks of Koch Brother Interference
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The 11th-hour opposition campaign seeks to stop a project supported by 75 percent of neighborhood residents just three years ago.