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Angie Schmitt

@schmangee
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.

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Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Adam E. Moreira
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Trump Administration Continues to Underfund Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 19, 2019 | No Comments
Almost $3 billion in transit funding that is languishing in a strange state of political purgatory in the Trump administration’s Federal Transit Administration.
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The Craziest Anti-Bike Lane Arguments We’ve Heard

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 15, 2019 | No Comments
All the birds will go extinct. Seriously? What is wrong with you people?
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Study: Uber and Lyft Reduce the Need for Parking

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 13, 2019 | No Comments
Cities could really rethink how much land they devote to parking in the age of Uber and Lyft.
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Trump Proposes Massive Cuts to Transit, Amtrak

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 11, 2019 | No Comments
More pain for the northeast, which is so dependent on transit.
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Here’s How Driving is Encouraged and Subsidized — By Law

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 6, 2019 | No Comments
The rules themselves help drivers drive more, pay less and get away with murder (well, or at least criminally negligent homicide).
You won't see this site in the Rockaways any more — a man on a Pace bike. Photo: Mary Ellen Burke
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Federal Bill Would Provide a Tax Break for Bike Commuters

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 6, 2019 | No Comments
Bike commuters could write off up to $53 in monthly expenses.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/atwatervillage/842866223
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Report: We Don’t Need More Infrastructure — We Need Congestion Pricing

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 14, 2019 | No Comments
The U.S. does not need to build more highways — it needs to spend more on aging urban rail systems and use congestion pricing to ease gridlock in urban areas, a new report shows.
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Want to Restore Transit Ridership? Just Make the Service Better!

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 13, 2019 | No Comments
Transit ridership has been declining nationwide, but transit agencies can win them back with more frequent service and a focus on safety, reliability and cleanliness, a new TransitCenter report argues.
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Walking and Biking are Hurt by Lack of National Leadership: Report

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 11, 2019 | No Comments
Biking and walking have leveled off and are becoming more dangerous. The federal government and states aren't doing enough.
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All the Bad Things About Uber and Lyft In One Simple List

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 4, 2019 | No Comments
Something's always bothered you about the app-based taxis, but you couldn't put your finger on it. Well, how's more traffic, less transit trips, more traffic deaths and greater social stratification for you?
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Utah Moving Forward on ‘Idaho Stop’ for Cyclists

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 1, 2019 | No Comments
Cyclists could treat stop signs and red lights as yields under a bill recently passed out of committee with bipartisan support in the Utah House.
What's in their wallets? Maybe gold doubloons.
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Congestion Pricing Can Cure Inequitable Transportation

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 30, 2019 | No Comments
Memo to straggling New York State lawmakers: Congestion pricing doesn't hurt working-class people if the revenues from new tolls support better transit service, a new report shows.
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