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
Atlanta is Blowing Safety Money on a Flashy Ped Bridge
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Atlanta has a $1 billion sidewalk backlog. But a $33 million stadium bridge is taking precedent over desperately needed repairs.
Houston’s Highway Mega-Plan: An Environmental Justice Disaster
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Thousands of Houstonians are in danger of losing their homes as the state of Texas proceeds with a massive, $7 billion plan to widen almost every highway in North and downtown Houston. Mass displacement, worsening air quality, wider segregation and more flooding are some of the outcomes experts are warning will result from the 25-mile […]
Bike Infrastructure Boosts Job Access: Report
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In cities with good bike infrastructure, residents can access thousands of additional jobs on two wheels, a new study finds.
Houston Rolling Back Parking Requirements
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The city will leave it up to businesses to decide how many parking spaces they need in two center-city neighborhoods.
Pittsburgh Reveals the Downside of Self-Driving Cars
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Wider inequality. More sprawl. Worse transit. Those are some of the outcomes we could see from self-driving cars in cities, according to a Pittsburgh-based transit advocacy group.
Beloved Public Plaza to Return to Asphalt in Detroit
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A public plaza built two years ago as a "people's park" surrounding Detroit's iconic statue will not be made permanent, thanks to a vote on Tuesday by the City Council.
President Trump Has Starved Transit Agencies of $854M
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Administration delay tactics have made applying for transit construction funding much more costly and difficult.
Do Millennials Love Sprawl Now? Eh, Not Exactly
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Millennials are moving to suburbs. But in a lot of cases they don't have much of a choice.
Seattle’s Compassionate Response to Fare Evasion
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After Seattle found that a quarter of farebeaters were homeless, it switched from thinking about enforcement to affordability.
One Neat Trick to Speed Up Bus Journeys
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It's called "bus stop balancing." It's cheap and it's one of the most effective ways to speed up bus journeys.
Oregon Legislature Passes ‘Idaho Stop’ Bill
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Oregon is the fourth state to pass a version of the Idaho Stop. The bill, if signed, will allow cyclists to treat stop signs as yields.
What if SUV Names Were Really True?
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Toyota Rollover. Chevy Glacier Melter. Mall Rover. Here's what our readers came up with.