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
Spokane May Give Builders a Push to Fix Downtown Parking Craters
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City leaders have proposed a tax break for new construction on downtown surface parking lots.
UPS Kicks Off Year-Round E-Trike Delivery Service in Pittsburgh
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International shipping giant UPS is dipping a toe into pedal-powered delivery in American cities.
The Top 10 Regions Where Jobs Are Within Reach for Transit Riders
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How easy is it to access jobs via transit? The answer says a lot about economic fairness in your region, and whether employment opportunities are fully available to people who can't afford the expense of owning, maintaining, and fueling a car.
In Montreal, an Electrifying Win for a Long-Shot Who Campaigned on Better Transit and Cycling
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Valérie Plante, a political outsider, promised to add more bus service and protected bike lanes as mayor.
How Seattle Avoided the Transit Death Spiral to Turn Around Its Bus System
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Seattle voters wouldn't accept degraded transit service and that has paid off.
Ad Nauseam: Excellent Uber Ad Distills the Problem With Uber in Crowded Cities
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By stripping away the gloss, anonymity, and cultural connotations of car exteriors and leaving only their bulk, the ad brilliantly highlights why moving around in single-occupancy vehicles is so absurd in an urban context. There's just not enough space for everyone to get around this way.
Transit Agencies Aren’t Doing Enough to Prevent Sexual Harassment
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Sexual harassment on transit is pervasive. But few transit agencies have specific policies aimed at protecting women.
“Distracted Walking” Is a Distraction From the Real Problem
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Data clearly shows that distracted driving is the genuine public safety threat. But lawmakers still traffic in victim-blaming.
How to Design Streets for People in the Era of Robocars
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Curbless streets. Safe walking and biking for all. Bus priority. It's up to cities to demand it.
Cleveland Police Enforcement of Transit “Proof-of-Payment” Ruled Unconstitutional
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The decision will slow down the boarding process on the HealthLine for now, but Judge Emanuella Groves laid out a clear way to fix the problem and retain fast boarding procedures: Stop checking fares with law enforcement officers and start using civilian inspectors instead.
Why Can’t We Have Traffic-Calming “3-D” Crosswalks Like Iceland?
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Federal traffic safety officials take conformity with an unsafe system much more seriously than actual safety outcomes.
Our Bus Stops Are Too Close Together
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Bus service is faster for everyone if stops are about a quarter mile apart instead of crammed every 750 feet or closer, like in NYC.