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
Why Affordable Housing Is So Important for Development Near Transit
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What happens when you build housing around transit, but it's not affordable to the people who ride transit the most?
Global Business Press Impresario Keith Crain Pens Epic Anti-Bike Screed
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Keith Crain, chief executive of Crain Communications, saw some bike lanes and wants you to know that he's very mad.
Making Traffic Signals Fair for Pedestrians
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Traffic engineering conventions deprive people on foot of sufficient time to cross the street. We should change that.
Miami’s Mindless Highway Addiction Gets the Mockery It Deserves
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A 15-mile highway extension would bring sprawl to the edge of the Everglades and drain resources that could be used for transit.
Boston Makes Its Bus Lane Experiment Permanent
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Bus travel times dropped 20 to 25 percent during the morning rush thanks to the Washington Street bus lane, the city reports.
Building Highways Made Racial Segregation Worse. Can Removing Them Undo That Legacy?
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The teardown of I-81 in Syracuse presents an opportunity to rebuild Syracuse in a way that rights past injustices.
Taking Stock of Dockless Bike-Share in Seattle
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The most interesting experiment with dockless bike-share in an American city right now is happening in Seattle.
The Streetsblog Guide to Children’s Books
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Indoctrinate your kids into the joys of buses, bikes, and car-free streets!
Why Are People Abandoning Miami Buses? Because the Bus System Abandoned Them.
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New research drives home the point that it's within the power of policy makers at Miami-Dade Transit to turn around flagging bus ridership.
Fed Up With an Apathetic City Hall, Phoenix Complete Streets Volunteers Resign En Masse
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Seven members of Phoenix's Complete Streets Advisory Board resigned in disgust this week, frustrated by the lack of action from city officials to make streets safer for walking and biking.
Trump Admin Snuffs Out Climate Progress at U.S. DOT
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The Trump administration has eliminated an Obama-era rule to encourage transportation policies that reduce the threat of catastrophic climate change.
What Happened When a Detroit Politician Rode the Bus to Work
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Two painfully slow bus rides, a hike through knee-deep grass, and a 2.5-hour one-way commute.