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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

When bus stops are too close together, trips are slower and it's harder to create good waiting environments.

America’s Bus Stops Are Too Close Together

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 30, 2017 | No Comments
Bus service is faster for everyone if stops are about a quarter mile apart instead of crammed close together.
Downtown Bridgeport through the years. Images: UConn via CNU..org

How Highways Squeezed Taxable Land Out of Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 30, 2017 | No Comments
Downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut, lost 20 percent of its taxable land when highways came through. That's just the beginning.
The new bike lane on Cleveland's Detroit-Superior Bridge -- shown here under construction -- is a serious upgrade. Photo: Bike Cleveland

An Impressive New Bike Connection Highlights Changing Attitudes in Cleveland

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 27, 2017 | No Comments
People on bikes finally have some space of their own on the Detroit-Superior Bridge. The outer eastbound lane is being converted into a bike lane, linking downtown Cleveland to two thriving retail districts and two large public housing complexes.
Georgia DOT forfeited more than $4 million in federal funds earmarked for biking and walking that could have been used to improve safety on roads like this. Transportation for America/Flickr

Did Your State Forfeit Federal Funds for Walking and Biking?

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 26, 2017 | No Comments
Millions of dollars that should have gone toward building safer sidewalks or bike lanes near schools were instead forfeited by state DOTs that couldn't get their acts together.
A group of frustrated San Antonio residents took pedestrian safety into their own hands earlier this month, and painted this crosswalk and curb bump out in a heavily-walked retail area called St. Mary's Strip. Photo: Rivard Report

San Antonio Gets a Badly Needed Kick in the Pants on Pedestrian Safety

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 25, 2017 | No Comments
In removing a guerrilla safety improvement, San Antonio officials acted with the kind of swiftness that they've never displayed in response to the city's staggering pedestrian death rate.
That's enough! Photo: Sean Gerrity/Flickr

Singapore Says No More Cars

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 25, 2017 | No Comments
While Singapore is unique in some respects, it's also responding to the same pressures that face any urbanized area of sufficient size. Cars don't fit.
The $5.2 billion transit plan unveiled by Nashville Mayor Megan Barry last week includes five light rail lines, four rapid bus routes, and frequent bus service on 10 lines. Map: Let's Move Nashville [PDF]

Is Nashville Finally Ready to Invest in Transit?

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 23, 2017 | No Comments
Last week, Mayor Megan Barry unveiled a $5.2 billion transit plan [PDF], dubbed "Let's Move Nashville," to improve access to reliable transit and reduce car-dependence.
The driver of this SUV struck and killed Neallie Junior Saxon III without even slowing down. Photo: WPLG

We Know SUV Design Kills Pedestrians, But We Still Let Carmakers Sell Them

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 19, 2017 | No Comments
The same design features that kill and maim pedestrians are what automakers rely on to appeal to consumers.
Pittsburgh is testing red bus lanes on a major downtown transit corridor. Photo: Envision Downtown

Pittsburgh Tests Out Red Bus Lanes Downtown

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 19, 2017 | No Comments
Pittsburgh has long operated a system of exclusive transitways where only buses are allowed. But once those busways get to downtown streets, the transit priority disappears and bus riders are mired in traffic.
Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr

U.S. DOT Gets Swept Up in Trump’s Climate Denial Binge

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 18, 2017 | 1 Comment
You have until November 6 to urge U.S. DOT to preserve climate accountability in transportation policy.
Black and brown neighborhoods are exposed to pollution from big roads at elevated rates, with serious negative consequences for public health. Photo: Ken Lund/Flickr

The Persistent Racial Disparities of Motor Vehicle Pollution

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 17, 2017 | No Comments
While tailpipe emissions have been lowered across the board, racial disparities persist in exposure to fine particles from motor vehicles.
Photo: Lisa Bender

These People Lost Their Minds Over a Bike Lane

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 16, 2017 | No Comments
The photos don't lie -- these protesters actually called some new stripes on the street a "Nazi lane."
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