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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

In addition to publicly-operated Capital Bikeshare, there are now four bike-share start-ups in DC (not pictured: Jump). Photo: Greater Greater Washington

8 Tips for Cities to Make the Most of Dockless Bike-Share and Scooters

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 13, 2018 | No Comments
The National Association of City Transportation Officials released guidelines to help cities manage these services without getting taken for a ride.
Satellite images with surface parking highlighted in Philadelphia (left) and Seattle (right), via the Research Institute for Housing America.

American Cities Are Drowning in Car Storage

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 13, 2018 | No Comments
Groundbreaking research presents credible estimates of the total parking supply in several American cities, and it's not pretty.
Baltimore City Fire Department made a video intending to show that narrow streets cause problems for their trucks and ladders. But it ended up demonstrating the opposite. Image via YouTube

Mad About Bike Lanes, Baltimore Fire Department Takes It Out on Advocates

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 13, 2018 | No Comments
One BCFD firefighter is facing assault charges for his attack on a city planner. But allegations of harassment and intimidation go beyond that.
Photo: Transportation for America

No, “Drunk Walking” Is Not Causing the Rise in Pedestrian Deaths

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 11, 2018 | No Comments
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

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 10, 2018 | No Comments
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

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 3, 2018 | No Comments
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.
Photo: Rebranding Driving

Federal Safety Officials Knew SUV Design Kills Pedestrians and Didn’t Act

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 2, 2018 | No Comments
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.
The Asheville Design Center called for converting a tangle of highways and ramps into an extension of Asheville's urban street grid. North Carolina DOT wants to rush forward without committing to this plan.

North Carolina DOT Threatens to Steamroll Asheville’s Highway-to-Boulevard Plans

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 29, 2018 | No Comments
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 Chariot vans running around Brooklyn streets are mostly empty. Photo: Ford

The Story of “Micro Transit” Is Consistent, Dismal Failure

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 27, 2018 | No Comments
Real world experience has proven that diverting resources to "micro transit" is not a recipe to improve transit or increase ridership.
Widening I-270 in Montgomery County may require the demolition of hundreds of homes, according to a 2009 study. Image: Montgomery County

Larry Hogan’s Maryland Highway Building Binge Threatens to Force Hundreds of People From Their Homes

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 25, 2018 | No Comments
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.
Image: GoTriangle

Durham-Orange Light Rail Survives GOP Assassination Attempt in State Budget

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 22, 2018 | No Comments
Advocates mobilized quickly to strip a rider that would have killed the project out of the state budget.
Photo: Nick Bastion/Flickr

Surprise Attack on Phoenix Light Rail Expansion Reeks of Koch Brother Interference

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 21, 2018 | No Comments
The 11th-hour opposition campaign seeks to stop a project supported by 75 percent of neighborhood residents just three years ago.
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