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
Does Your Transit Agency Board Look Like Its Riders?
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Transit agency boards often aren't representative of transit riders in the regions they serve. That matters.
Study Links Rise of SUVs to the Pedestrian Safety Crisis
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SUVs are designed for death. And they're dominating the U.S. auto market.
How Big Data Can Help Prevent Deaths By Speeding
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What if you could reliably pinpoint the street segments all over the country where speeding traffic poses a constant threat to life and limb?
Congress Can’t Let Self-Driving Car Makers Treat People as Guinea Pigs, Say Public Safety Watchdogs
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A bill in Congress to allow large numbers of self-driving cars on American streets needs substantial revisions to protect people inside and outside of autonomous vehicles.
Fix Bike “Clutter” — Put a Bike Corral on Every Block
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It shouldn't be a tough nut to crack: Just put more bike parking in the curb lane. Now Washington, DC, is considering something along those lines.
A New Way to Rank America’s Best Cities for Bicycling
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The PeopleForBikes rating system reveals some unexpected new stars. But no American city has bicycling figured out yet.
Study: People Who Bike to Work Live Longer Than People Who Drive
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A robust study of British workers found that people who commute by bike are less likely to die from heart disease, cancer, and other causes.
Back to Square One for Nashville Transit
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Local advocates say a package with more emphasis on core bus service and affordable housing could perform better at the polls.
Trip Data Deflates the Dockless Bike-Share Hype
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Dockless bike-share services carried just 4 percent of all American bike-share trips in 2017, according to estimates from NACTO, despite accounting for 44 percent of the nation's total bike-share fleet.
You’re No “Climate Mayor” If You’re Not Doing These Four Things
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It takes more than lip service to lead the fight against climate change.
Hit-and-Run Deaths Are Skyrocketing, and Pedestrians and Cyclists Bear the Brunt
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Hit-and-run drivers killed more than 2,000 people in the U.S. in 2016, an increase of 60 percent since 2009.
Minneapolis Figured Out the Formula for Increasing Bus Ridership
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On the A Line, riders can board at any door, buses get priority at traffic lights, and stops are spaced every half mile.