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
The Craziest Anti-Bike Lane Arguments We’ve Heard
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Professional bike advocates have heard some wild excuses not to build bike lanes. Here's a video of their all-time favorites.
We’re Looking for the Most Improved Parking Crater!
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This year's tournament will match up reformed parking craters: Former surface lots that are now filled with city. Send us entries!
Talking Headways Podcast: The Annual Yonah Freemark Prediction Show
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It's time for our much-loved predictions show!
Europe Will Use Vehicle Tech to Prevent Speeding, Save Thousands of Lives
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A new E.U. rule requiring speed limiters in cars is expected to save 15,000 lives in 15 years. Why can't the U.S. do the same?
Pedestrian Deaths Reach New High — Drivers Entirely to Blame
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They're up again in 2018, according to a new estimate, to 6,227 -- the highest since 1990. SUVs and the growth of the Sun Belt are likely explanations.
Miami Hosted ‘Safe Streets Summit’ — Yet Hasn’t Fixed Its Unsafe Streets
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More people are killed in Miami-Dade every year by car crashes than murdered. Biscayne Boulevard helps explain why.
Parking? Lots! Car Spaces Would Comprise 10% of Phoenix
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There are three parking spaces for every man woman and child in metro Phoenix. Or about 4.5 for every car.
Oregon Bill Would Increase Density Near Transit
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Cities would no longer be able to legally forbid high-density housing by frequent transit under bill introduced by Oregon's Senate President.
Meet the Cincinnati Wheelchair User Struck Three Times by Drivers
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Neil Kelly has been hit by two SUVs and a van in just 10 months. He tells Streetsblog about his struggle to stay safe in a wheelchair in the Queen City.
Still Fighting for a Safe Way to School in Tampa
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Hundreds of school children must cross Tampa's dangerous Bay to Bay Boulevard daily. Why is the mayor standing in the way of a safer street?
Report: We Don’t Need More Infrastructure — We Need Congestion Pricing
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A new Brookings report says U.S. highway conditions have been improving every year for more than a decade, according to the Federal Highway Administration's own accounting.
Is Subprime Auto Lending the Next Housing Bubble?
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Low-income people are increasingly being trapped in a cycle of debt by subprime auto lending. The American transportation system offers them few alternatives.