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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.

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Photo: Teco Streetcar/Twitter

How Tampa Tripled Ridership on its Streetcar

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 10, 2019 | No Comments
Free fares and more service led to big ridership boosts in Tampa and St. Petersburg. Would it scale?
Using low-cost materials like this concrete divider, Toronto set up new streetcar stops on the far side of intersections on King Street, enabling safer boarding and cutting down on time stopped at red lights. Photo: Human Transit

What Toronto Learned By Giving Its Streetcar Its Own Lane

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 8, 2019 | No Comments
You can move more people in crowded cities when you get cars out of the way of more efficient modes — like transit.
The Claiborne Expressway in New Orleans is the nation's top candidate for a highway teardown, says the Congress for New Urbanism. Photo: The Advocate via CNU

The Top 10 U.S. Highways that Should be Torn Down

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 4, 2019 | No Comments
Aging highways present opportunity for cities to rebuild urban neighborhoods. Here are the top 10 highways that are ripe for teardown, according to CNU.
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signs Idaho Stop Legislation. Photo courtesy of Arkansas State Parks

Arkansas Passes the ‘Idaho Stop,’ Allowing Cyclists to Yield at Red Lights

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 3, 2019 | No Comments
Arkansas becomes the second state to fully adopt Idaho's famous 1982 cycling safety law.
Photo: TransitCenter

The Green New Deal Must Prioritize Transit, Group Says

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 2, 2019 | No Comments
Some early policy recommendations have started to take shape and they are pretty exciting.

Parking Madness 2019 Round 1: Providence vs. Austin

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 29, 2019 | No Comments
The Rhode Island Statehouse grounds face off against the site of a former Hooters restaurant for "most improved" parking crater.
Photo: Richard Masoner/Flickr

Study: Aggressive Driving is Linked to Seeing Cyclists as ‘Less than Human’

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 29, 2019 | No Comments
Almost half of non-cyclists in a study rated cyclists as less than fully human, using standard psychological surveys.
After five years of plans for bike lanes, Seattle DOT yesterday unveiled this disappointing design for 35th Avenue NW. Photo: Seattle Department of Transportation

Seattle Mayor’s Bike Lane Retreat Enrages Activists

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 28, 2019 | No Comments
It looks like Seattle's new Mayor, Jenny Durkan, isn't going to show the kind of transportation leadership we've come to expect from Seattle.
Vancouver's Comox-Helmcken Greenway Photo: Paul Krueger/Flickr/CC

Study: Good Bike and Ped Infrastructure Actually Makes Neighbors Healthier

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 26, 2019 | No Comments
High-quality biking and walking facilities actually create healthier people, a new study based in Vancouver finds.

Parking Madness 2019 Round 1: Houston vs. Boston

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 26, 2019 | No Comments
Whole neighborhoods around downtown Houston and Boston's Seaport are rising out of asphalt.
Lotta Crok, Amsterdam's new 9-year-old junior bicycle mayor. Photo: BYCS.org

Amsterdam’s 9-Year-Old ‘Bike Mayor’ On How to Make the City Safe for Kids

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 25, 2019 | No Comments
Lotta Crok, represents the city's 125,000 children under 14. She wants the city to be bolder about protecting child cyclists.
Photo: Nick Bastion/Flickr

Phoenix Rail Plan in Danger As Council Swipes Cash

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 21, 2019 | No Comments
Voters in Phoenix voted overwhelmingly approved a $31-billion light rail system. Now it's in danger of being pillaged for road projects.
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