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
“I Can’t Be Quiet About This.” How a Grieving Mother Found Her Voice
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Since losing her son Dustin to a drunk driver, Kristi Finney has become one of the Portland region's most energetic and compelling advocates for traffic safety reforms.
Florida’s Complete Streets Law Saved Thousands of Lives, and That Wasn’t Enough
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A new study highlights the successes and shortcomings of the state's 1984 law that mandated consideration of walking and biking routes in transportation projects.
Parking Madness 2018 Championship: Hicksville vs. Lansing
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The winner will be bestowed with the Golden Crater, eternal shame, and, hopefully, a kick in the pants to fix its sad, sad parking crater.
“Life Is Sacred” — How Bogotá Reduced Road Deaths and Homicides Together
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The city's traffic fatality rate declined by roughly 50 percent between 1996 and 2006. Key to that result was an initiative to address traffic deaths and homicides in tandem.
Parking Madness Final Four: Lansing vs Philadelphia
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Which deserves to go to the parking crater championship? The state capitol asphalt acreage or the sports complex mega-lot?
Parking Madness: Fremont vs. Hicksville
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If you've ever wondered what's wrong with American commuter rail, take a good look at the two parking craters facing off today.
Parking Madness: Nashville vs. Providence
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An NFL parking moonscape takes on a pockmarked hospital campus -- and they're both right next to downtown.
Parking Madness: Houston vs. Philadelphia
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These parking craters wouldn't be so large without government subsidies.
Parking Madness, Round 2: Lansing vs. Greenville
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Two impressive downtown parking craters face off for a spot in the Final Four.
Parking Madness: San Diego vs. Nashville
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Which should advance to round two: San Diego's casino crater or Nashville's stadium crater?
Parking Madness: Hicksville vs. Jersey City
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Today's contenders prove that proximity to good transit that will whisk you to the largest concentration of jobs in America is no match for the scourge of parking craters.
Parking Madness: Philadelphia vs. Long Beach
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Philadelphia's triple-stadium parking crater takes on a parking-riddled campus in Long Beach, California.