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
Parking Madness: St. Louis vs. Denver
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A suburban light rail station surrounded by highways and shopping mall parking lots takes on three light rail stations engulfed by sports stadium parking.
The GOP Case for Cutting Federal Transit Funding Isn’t Principled — It’s Tribalism
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The insistence that transit is a local issue while highways are a national concern is an article of faith at right-wing think tanks. But highways mostly serve the same type of trips that Republicans believe are inappropriate for federal funding.
Parking Madness: Medford vs. Hartford
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There are three spots up for grabs in this year's Parking Madness Final Four, as readers vote to determine which North American transit station is drowning in the most shameful sea of parking. In today's match, Hartford's central transit hub takes on a T station just outside Boston.
The Today Show Completely Botched Its Coverage of America’s Pedestrian Safety Crisis
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They say you should never let a crisis go to waste. Well, there's a life-threatening crisis happening for people who walk in this country, but our national media is wasting this chance to inform the public how to fix it.
Parking Madness: San Bernardino vs. Atlanta
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The second round action continues in Parking Madness as we hunt for the most appalling parking craters next to transit stations.
Trump Moves to Immediately Gut Transit Expansion and TIGER Funding
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Waiting for fiscal year 2018 isn't fast enough for the Trump administration to cut transit funding. The White House wants to slash transit expansion and TIGER grants immediately.
Parking Madness: New York vs. Poughkeepsie
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A small town commuter rail station takes on a big city subway stop in the first Elite Eight matchup.
Why Do Teenage Girls Lose Interest in Biking?
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Jennifer Dill at Portland State University is taking a close look at why girls' attitudes about biking change over time. In a study of 300 Portland-area families, she observed that a gender gap in attitudes toward cycling isn't apparent in younger kids, but when girls reach adolescence, they don't view cycling as positively as boys do.
Parking Madness: Hartford vs. Cleveland
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Streetsblog is on the hunt for the North American transit station that's most severely undermined by excess surface parking, and today you'll meet the last two contestants in the running.
Highway Projects Won’t Save the Rust Belt
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Highway mega-projects remain tempting to struggling cities and regions in the Rust Belt. But evidence shows they shift economic activity away from existing business districts and don't generate lasting improvements.
Parking Madness: Denver vs. Pleasanton
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In today's matchup, a depressing abundance of commuter rail parking in the Bay Area takes on a mammoth parking crater enveloping three separate light rail stops in Denver.
How a Toledo Mom Stopped a Destructive Road Widening
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Dana Dunbar was new to transportation policy and activism. But that didn't stop her from waging a successful grassroots campaign against a road widening in her neighborhood.