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
Can Phoenix Be Shamed Into Protecting Pedestrians?
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For years, the city's streets department delayed action on safer street design as hundreds of people lost their lives. Now advocates hope to force the agency's hand.
“Life Is Sacred” — How Bogotá Reduced Road Deaths and Homicides Together
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The city's traffic fatality rate declined by roughly 50 percent between 1996 and 2006. Key to that result was an initiative to address traffic deaths and homicides in tandem.
Parking Madness Final Four: Lansing vs Philadelphia
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Which deserves to go to the parking crater championship? The state capitol asphalt acreage or the sports complex mega-lot?
Losing a Son, Starting a Movement
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Amy Cohen of Families for Safe Streets is empowering people around the country who've lost loved ones to traffic violence to fight for change.
Parking Madness: Fremont vs. Hicksville
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If you've ever wondered what's wrong with American commuter rail, take a good look at the two parking craters facing off today.
Dallas City Council Rejects Fees on Dockless Bike-Share Companies
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The biggest bike-share experiment in the U.S. right now is happening in Dallas, and the city isn't quite sure what to do next.
Parking Madness: Houston vs. Philadelphia
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These parking craters wouldn't be so large without government subsidies.
Seattle Could Be the First U.S. City to Institute Congestion Pricing
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Mayor Jenny Durkan says she wants to have a true central city congestion pricing system in place by 2021.
Parking Madness: San Diego vs. Nashville
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Which should advance to round two: San Diego's casino crater or Nashville's stadium crater?
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh Staffs Up for Better Bus Service and Safer Walking and Biking
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Walsh's budget signals a commitment to act on his transportation promises.
Parking Madness: Philadelphia vs. Long Beach
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Philadelphia's triple-stadium parking crater takes on a parking-riddled campus in Long Beach, California.
Landlords in Seattle Can’t Force Renters to Pay for Parking Anymore
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Renters who don't own cars will no longer have to pay for parking spaces they don't use.