Angie Schmitt
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
Making Traffic Signals Fair for Pedestrians
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Traffic engineering conventions deprive people on foot of sufficient time to cross the street. We should change that.
Miami’s Mindless Highway Addiction Gets the Mockery It Deserves
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A 15-mile highway extension would bring sprawl to the edge of the Everglades and drain resources that could be used for transit.
Boston Makes Its Bus Lane Experiment Permanent
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It doesn’t take much money to make riding the bus a lot more convenient. With little more than orange cones, Boston set up a bus lane on one of its most important but congested bus corridors — and it worked wonders. At first, the city let the one-month bus lane experiment on Washington Street expire, frustrating […]
Taking Stock of Dockless Bike-Share in Seattle
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The most interesting experiment with dockless bike-share in an American city right now is happening in Seattle.
Boston Fixed Its Most Frustrating Street for Bus Riders, But Just for a Month
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A few orange cones were all it took to vastly improve trips for thousands of bus riders. So why is the city going backward?
The Streetsblog Guide to Children’s Books
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Indoctrinate your kids into the joys of buses, bikes, and car-free streets!
Fed Up With an Apathetic City Hall, Phoenix Complete Streets Volunteers Resign En Masse
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Seven members of Phoenix's Complete Streets Advisory Board resigned in disgust this week, frustrated by the lack of action from city officials to make streets safer for walking and biking.
Trump Admin Snuffs Out Climate Progress at U.S. DOT
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The Trump administration has eliminated an Obama-era rule to encourage transportation policies that reduce the threat of catastrophic climate change.
What Happened When a Detroit Politician Rode the Bus to Work
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Two painfully slow bus rides, a hike through knee-deep grass, and a 2.5-hour one-way commute.
Nope, Harassing Panhandlers Isn’t a Pedestrian Safety Plan
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The criminalization of walking continues in Dayton, Ohio.
Portland Plans to Make Protected Bike Lanes Standard Street Infrastructure
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The city is on the verge of releasing a design guide that will expedite implementation of protected bike lanes on 450 miles of streets.
Phoenix Dithers on Traffic Safety While People Die
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In a city where streets are dreadful for pedestrians, the victims of dangerous walking conditions are mostly poor people, and public officials aren't responsive to the risks they face.