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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

San Francisco's new Vision Zero fire truck looks much like previous models, but it is 10 inches shorter and has a much narrower turning radius. Photo: Roger Rudick

How Fire Departments Stopped Worrying and Embraced Safer Street Design

By Angie Schmitt | May 31, 2018 | No Comments
As Portland built out bike lanes and pedestrian safety measures, fears about slower response times did not materialize.
Photo: Diriye Amey/Wikimedia Commons

Madrid Moves to Boot Car Traffic Out of Its City Center

By Angie Schmitt | May 29, 2018 | No Comments
A major city center without cars? Madrid is going to come close sometime in the next year, says the administration of Mayor Manuela Carmena.
Portland's goal is to implement protected bike lanes on 450 miles of streets. Photo: Bike Portland

Portland Plans to Make Protected Bike Lanes Standard Street Infrastructure

By Angie Schmitt | May 25, 2018 | No Comments
The city is on the verge of releasing a design guide that will expedite implementation of protected bike lanes on 450 miles of streets.
Drivers kill someone walking on Phoenix streets about every three days. But the city has been slow to respond. Photo: Chris English/Wikimedia

Phoenix Dithers on Traffic Safety While People Die

By Angie Schmitt | May 25, 2018 | No Comments
In a city where streets are dreadful for pedestrians, the victims of dangerous walking conditions are mostly poor people, and public officials aren't responsive to the risks they face.
The self-driving system detected Elaine Herzberg six seconds before impact, but Uber had tuned the emergency braking feature to be too insensitive to respond in time. Image: NTSB

How Uber’s Self-Driving System Failed to Brake and Avoid Killing Elaine Herzberg

By Angie Schmitt | May 24, 2018 | No Comments
The National Transportation Safety Board is out with a preliminary report into how an Uber car in self-driving mode struck and killed Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, Arizona, this March.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Democrats Vow to Fight for Cheap Gas

By Angie Schmitt | May 23, 2018 | No Comments
Meet the party fighting for cheap gas and against global warming at the same time.
A rendering of light rail in Atlanta. Image via Darin Givens

Will Atlanta Double Down on Its Streetcar Mistake?

By Angie Schmitt | May 22, 2018 | No Comments
The streetcar is slow because it runs in mixed traffic. Atlanta's new light rail lines might also share lanes with cars.
Photo: ITDP

Five Ground Rules to Help Cities Get the Most Out of Dockless Bike-Share

By Angie Schmitt | May 21, 2018 | No Comments
Safe users, clear public spaces, equal access: cities should demand them all from bike share companies.
Photo: Daniel Schwen CC

House Bill Would Require Agencies to Address Sexual Harassment on Buses and Trains

By Angie Schmitt | May 18, 2018 | No Comments
The "Stop Sexual Assault and Harassment in Transportation Act” would require transit agencies to take measures to protect riders and employees.
A bill in the City Council would roughly double residential parking requirements throughout Philadelphia, raising housing costs. Photo: PlanPhilly

Will Philadelphia Reverse Its Progress on Parking Requirements?

By Angie Schmitt | May 18, 2018 | No Comments
Lower parking requirements have encouraged construction of housing instead of car storage, but the reforms still face political resistance.
Photo: Bike Portland

The Greenwashing of a Portland Highway Expansion

By Angie Schmitt | May 17, 2018 | No Comments
The old political instinct to cram more cars through cities never dies - not even in Portland.
Photo: Bill Schultheiss

It’s Time for Cities to Rethink Right Turns on Red

By Angie Schmitt | May 16, 2018 | No Comments
How the 1970s oil crisis precipitated bad street design that endangers people to this day.
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