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
Big Auto’s Horrifying Vision for Driverless Cars
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Cattle gates for pedestrians in NYC. "Antiseptic cities." This is what auto industry officials tell the New York Times they envision for self-driving cars.
D.C. Vision Zero Bill Eats Bill de Blasio’s Lunch
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And that's just the start. It would also allow regular citizens to help enforce bike-lane parkers and ban right turn on red, among other things. It's far better than anything New York City is doing.
Federal E-Scooter Safety Report — First of Its Kind — Raises Serious Concerns
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The study, tracking 193 scooter-related hospitalizations in Austin, Texas, over a roughly three-month period did bring to light some concerning information — including that one-third of scooter riders who were injured were taking their very first trip. Here are the other highlights.
Lest We Forget: The $2T Infrastructure Plan Will Likely Worsen Climate Change
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Without strong leadership, $2 trillion infrastructure bill could lock-in high, climate threatening transportation emissions.
Paying Uber and Lyft Drivers More Benefits Everyone
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The minimum wage law for cabbies seems to be having the desired effect already.
Syracuse Will Tear Down I-81 Highway to Create Street Grid
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New York State says it will tear down an elevated highway in Syracuse and replace it with a walkable street grid.
E-mazing: Scooter Trips Surpass Docked Bike Share for the First Time in U.S.
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E-scooters remain illegal in New York City, but our readers should know the national trend.
Study: Driver Behavior Shows Greater Need for Protected Bike Lanes
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A stripe of paint on the street isn't enough to keep bicyclists safe from drivers, a new study confirms.
Arkansas Passes the ‘Idaho Stop,’ Allowing Cyclists to Yield at Red Lights
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Arkansas became the second state in the nation to legalize the Idaho Stop on Monday, the biggest breakthrough yet for the iconic 35-year-old bike safety law.
The Green New Deal Must Prioritize Transit, Group Says
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Some early policy recommendations have started to take shape and they are pretty exciting.
Study: Aggressive Driving is Linked to Seeing Cyclists as ‘Less than Human’
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Drivers don't only hate people on bikes — they don't even see them as human.
PARKING MADNESS 2019: Fill In Your Streetsblog Bracket Today
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Sixteen awesome city spaces that have bloomed out of asphalt are going head to head in the next few weeks. See if your city made the cut.