PathPath
  • Contact
  • Staff & Board
  • Our Funders
  • Ways to Give
  • Comment Moderation Policy
  • Streetsblog Los Angeles Editorial Independence Policy
  • Donor Transparency Policy
    Follow Us:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Streetsblog Logo
    • HOME
    • USA
    • NYC
    • MASS
    • LA
    • CHI
    • SF
    • CAL
    • STREETFILMS
    • DONATE
Streetsblog LA Logo
  • Eastside
  • South LA
  • Streetsblog CA
  • Eric Garcetti
  • MyFigueroa!
  • Legacy of Redlining
    Follow Us:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

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

If Self-Driving Cars Aren’t Safer Than Human Drivers, They Shouldn’t Be on Public Streets

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 20, 2018 | No Comments
More details are emerging about how an Uber self-driving car struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona, raising red flags about the testing of autonomous vehicles on city streets.
Orlando will repurpose car lanes to create protected bike lanes and safer pedestrian crossings for a trial project on Curry Road. Rendering: City of Orlando

Orlando, the Capital of Pedestrian Fatalities, Tests a New Approach to Street Design

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 19, 2018 | No Comments
Walking in Orlando is deadlier than in any other major city in the nation. But the city's new transportation director is a reformer.
Photo: Tim Templeton/Wikimedia

Uber Car in Self-Driving Mode Kills Woman in Arizona

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 19, 2018 | No Comments
A human was behind the wheel but was not driving when the collision occurred, according to Uber.
Photo: Alex Caban/Wikimedia Commons

Montreal’s New Mayor Orders Up a Big Increase in Bus Service

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 16, 2018 | No Comments
The city will increase the size of its bus fleet 16 percent, part of a plan to add service on existing routes, expand service to new routes, and prioritize buses with dedicated lanes.
This is the crossing at Florida International University that authorities opted not to redesign. Instead they built a bridge over it, and the bridge failed. Photo: Google Maps

The Florida International Bridge Collapse Is About So Much More Than a Failed Structure

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 16, 2018 | No Comments
It's an indictment of the approach to transportation planning that opts for pedestrian bridges instead of making streets safe for people to cross on foot
Photo: A Healthier Michigan

How Detroit’s Streetcar Overlooked Real Transit Needs to Satisfy a Well-Connected Few

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 15, 2018 | No Comments
Local government ceded decisions about the project to private benefactors, subordinating public goals to their interests and preferences.
TIGER funds will help build Nebraska's Lincoln South Beltway, including this interchange. Graphic: Nebraska DOT

TIGER Is Trump’s Program Now: Most Grants Go to Highways

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 14, 2018 | No Comments
The full list of new TIGER grant awards looks a lot worse than the early announcements suggested.
The process of boarding one by one at the front door slows down the Boston bus routes with the most ridership. Photo: LivableStreets Alliance

Will Boston Turn Around Its Ailing Bus System?

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 14, 2018 | No Comments
Making bus service work well again isn't a huge, complicated undertaking.
Photo: Ken Lund

Metro Detroit’s Highway Fixation Explains Why Our Infrastructure Is Broken

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 14, 2018 | No Comments
Only 20 percent of the region's highways are in good condition. And yet the regional transportation agency is planning $4 billion in highway widenings.

It’s March: Send Us Your Parking Craters!

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 12, 2018 | No Comments
Send us your nominations for the worst parking crater in an American city by March 15 to enter this year's tournament.

The Case for Fare-Capping

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 12, 2018 | No Comments
Low-income people shouldn't have to pay more per ride than people who can afford unlimited transit passes.
Around the world, women and girls walk less than men and boys. Graph: Stanford

What Explains the Gender Gap in Walking?

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 8, 2018 | No Comments
While infrastructure matters a great deal, not enough emphasis has been placed on other types of barriers facing women and girls.
Load more stories
      • Contact
      • Staff & Board
      • Our Funders
      • Ways to Give
      • Comment Moderation Policy
      • Streetsblog Los Angeles Editorial Independence Policy
      • Donor Transparency Policy
        Follow Us:
      • Facebook
      • Twitter
      Streetsblog LA Logo