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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

Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Will Democrats Fall for Trump’s Fake Infrastructure Plan?

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 11, 2018 | No Comments
The early signs are not encouraging.
Buffalo's Scajaquada Expressway sliced through a beautiful park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. Photos: Scajaquada Corridor Coalition

Buffalo Advocates Convince New York DOT to Rethink a Half-Baked Highway Removal

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 10, 2018 | No Comments
The state had pushed a "boulevard" design that was too much like the highway it was supposed to replace.
Photo: The Urbanist

Dems Gain Control of Washington State Legislature and Immediately Move to Pilfer Transit Funds

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 9, 2018 | No Comments
One of the first things on Washington state Democrats' agenda is undercutting Seattle's voter-approved transit expansion plans.
Mayor Megan Barry's transit plan calls for expanding bus service and building dozens of miles of light rail and bus rapid transit. Photo: City of Nashville

The Nashville Media Is Getting Played by Transit-Bashing Hired Guns

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 3, 2018 | No Comments
Real transit experts, meanwhile, consider Nashville's ambitious plan to expand bus and rail service to be top-notch.
In one year, the cost of the Route 95 Viaduct Reconstruction project in Rhode Island increased more than 50 percent. Photo: Rhode Island DOT

Taxpayers Lose and Banks Win in This Trump Infrastructure Deal

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 2, 2018 | No Comments
Under Trump, U.S. DOT's grant rules encourage states to finance road projects with private loans that cost more than public borrowing.

USA Streetsies: Vote for the Best and Worst of 2017

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 27, 2017 | No Comments
Vote in our annual Streetsie Awards and judge the highs and lows of 2017.
Last year's winner: Pittsburgh's Strawberry Way. Photos: Envision Downtown

Cast Your Vote for the Best Urban Street Transformation of 2017

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 22, 2017 | No Comments
Albuquerque, Cleveland, Toronto, St. Paul, Austin and Halifax - each of these six cities claimed a lot of space from cars to make streets work better for people.
Change in total traffic deaths in six cities, with the year 2010 indexed to 100. The year of Vision Zero adoption is marked in black.

Is Your City Committed to Vision Zero, or Just Paying Lip Service?

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 21, 2017 | No Comments
For mayors, declaring a commitment to safer streets is the easy part. Following through with meaningful policies to rapidly reduce traffic injuries and deaths is another matter.
Records from Seattle DOT confirm that these bike racks were installed under a viaduct to deter camping by homeless people. Photo: Dongho Chang

Seattle Used Bike Racks to Break Up Homeless Encampment

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 21, 2017 | No Comments
Public records show the racks were installed to deter homeless people from staying under a viaduct, not to help people get somewhere.
Photo: Pierce County Sheriff's Office via the Urbanist

What the Amtrak 501 Derailment Says About America’s Failure to Prevent Train Crashes

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 19, 2017 | No Comments
While the investigation is just beginning, initial reports indicate that the train entered a tight curve at too high a speed.
Annual transit trips in Seattle, where trains and buses are absorbing just about all the growth in travel. Chart: Seattle DOT [PDF]

Seattle Adds People Without Adding Traffic

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 18, 2017 | No Comments
Seattle is showing other American cities how transit can help a growing population get around without an increase in car traffic.
The horror. Photo: Pacific Coast Highway/Wikimedia Commons

Elon Musk Is Wrong. The Only Way to Save City Transport Is to Share Large Vehicles With Other People.

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 15, 2017 | No Comments
One man's genius can't change the geometric facts of cities.
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