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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

STREETSBLOG USA

These Communities Are Making Progress After ‘Jaywalking’ Reform

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 28, 2022 | No Comments
The Black Lives Matter protests and the pandemic have dramatically shifted the terrain around policing.

How not to be a garbage person when you’re driving

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 10, 2020 | No Comments
Driving isn’t like a video game. It is part of our lives, part of the legacy we leave as people.
STREETSBLOG USA

New Labor Rules for Uber and Lyft Should Help Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 13, 2019 | No Comments
A new California law making Uber and Lyft treat drivers as employees would have transportation benefits, too.
STREETSBLOG USA

The Spectacular Benefits of Tactical Urbanism

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 13, 2019 | No Comments
Better safety. Faster journeys. Higher ridership. A review of 20 temporary, low-cost demonstrations finds huge benefits.
STREETSBLOG USA

Traffic Study Comes Under Fire for Being Too ‘Pro-Car’

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 10, 2019 | No Comments
Critics say the latest Urban Mobility Report ignores the new realities of multi-modal transport.

Seattle May Try to Replicate Barcelona’s ‘Superblocks’

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 6, 2019 | 1 Comment
A City Councilwoman wants to turn a six-block area of Capitol Hill into a low-traffic biking and pedestrian zone.
STREETSBLOG NYC

Online Driving Courses Add to Road Fears

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 23, 2019 | No Comments
New York lawmakers are making it easier for bad drivers to get licenses by allowing student drivers to take a questionable online safety course rather than the previously mandated five-hour, instructor-taught classroom session.
STREETSBLOG USA

Detroit Metro Area May Finally Get Better Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 22, 2019 | No Comments
The divisive county executive who singlehandedly held back bus funding has died.

Transit Agency Cuts Service To Curb Homeless in Minneapolis

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 21, 2019 | 1 Comment
The Minnesota city is limiting overnight service, which could displace hundreds of homeless people.
STREETSBLOG USA

How Columbus Doubled Downtown Bus Commuting

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 19, 2019 | No Comments
Free transit passed for downtown workers raised their transit-commuting rate from 5 percent to 10 to 14 percent.
STREETSBLOG USA

Study: Two-Way Bike Lanes Produce More Injuries

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 16, 2019 | No Comments
A new study looks at what kinds of bikeway designs offer the most safety benefits. Dutch-style sidewalk-level bike lanes win out.
STREETSBLOG USA

Federal Program Would Help Cities Tear Down Highways

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 14, 2019 | No Comments
A new pot of money would help undo the sometimes-racist legacy of urban highway construction.
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