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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

New development at Denver's Alameda Station. Photo: Denver Infill

Why Affordable Housing Is So Important for Development Near Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 21, 2018 | No Comments
What happens when you build housing around transit, but it's not affordable to the people who ride transit the most?
Wait til Keith Crain sees Slow Roll. Photo: Russ/Flickr

Global Business Press Impresario Keith Crain Pens Epic Anti-Bike Screed

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 20, 2018 | No Comments
Keith Crain, chief executive of Crain Communications, saw some bike lanes and wants you to know that he's very mad.
Traffic signals that maximize crossing time for pedestrians remain the exception, not the rule, in American cities. Photo: District DOT

Making Traffic Signals Fair for Pedestrians

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 19, 2018 | No Comments
Traffic engineering conventions deprive people on foot of sufficient time to cross the street. We should change that.
A transportation project as superficial as the Kendall Highway deserves the mockery dished out by Transit Alliance Miami on its sexy highway site.

Miami’s Mindless Highway Addiction Gets the Mockery It Deserves

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 18, 2018 | No Comments
A 15-mile highway extension would bring sprawl to the edge of the Everglades and drain resources that could be used for transit.
Boston's Washington Street bus/bike lane pilot. Photo: LivableStreets Alliance

Boston Makes Its Bus Lane Experiment Permanent

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 11, 2018 | No Comments
Bus travel times dropped 20 to 25 percent during the morning rush thanks to the Washington Street bus lane, the city reports.
I-81 has been called Syracuse's Berlin Wall. Photo via Make Communities

Building Highways Made Racial Segregation Worse. Can Removing Them Undo That Legacy?

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 8, 2018 | No Comments
The teardown of I-81 in Syracuse presents an opportunity to rebuild Syracuse in a way that rights past injustices.
Photo: City of Seattle

Taking Stock of Dockless Bike-Share in Seattle

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 6, 2018 | No Comments
The most interesting experiment with dockless bike-share in an American city right now is happening in Seattle.
Panels from "City Block," by Christopher Franceschelli.

The Streetsblog Guide to Children’s Books

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 5, 2018 | No Comments
Indoctrinate your kids into the joys of buses, bikes, and car-free streets!
Photo: Lisa Thompson/Twitter

Why Are People Abandoning Miami Buses? Because the Bus System Abandoned Them.

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 4, 2018 | No Comments
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.
A design guide developed by Phoenix's Complete Streets Advisory Board would make bike lanes a default feature on many streets, but city officials haven't approved it. Photo: Sean Sweat/Twitter

Fed Up With an Apathetic City Hall, Phoenix Complete Streets Volunteers Resign En Masse

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 1, 2018 | No Comments
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.
Photo: Minesweeper/Wikimedia Commons

Trump Admin Snuffs Out Climate Progress at U.S. DOT

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 1, 2018 | No Comments
The Trump administration has eliminated an Obama-era rule to encourage transportation policies that reduce the threat of catastrophic climate change.
Wayne County Executive Warren Evans at the end of a 2.5 hour bus commute. Photo: Warren Evans

What Happened When a Detroit Politician Rode the Bus to Work

By Angie Schmitt | May 31, 2018 | No Comments
Two painfully slow bus rides, a hike through knee-deep grass, and a 2.5-hour one-way commute.
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