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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.

Recent Posts

Photo:  9News.com

A Denver Newscaster’s Epic Takedown of Bike-Lane Nimbys

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 26, 2019 | 8 Comments
Local news coverage of bike safety can be dreadful. So we’ve got to hand it to Kyle Clark of 9News in Denver. After a group of homeowners tried to halt the construction of a bike lane on South Marion Street, Clark responded with an appeal for compassion and reason, noting that a woman had been […]
Photo:  Wash Cycle

House Bill Proposes Big Jump in Bike-Share Funding

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 26, 2019 | 12 Comments
A bipartisan bill proposes treating bike share like transit, allowing it to compete for billions in additional federal dollars.
Rendering:  CPL

Atlanta is Blowing Safety Money on a Flashy Ped Bridge

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 26, 2019 | 1 Comment
Atlanta has a $1 billion sidewalk backlog. But a $33 million stadium bridge is taking precedent over desperately needed repairs.
Clayton Homes, a 300-unit public housing complex, will be partly torn down to widen practically every highway in North Houston. Photo: Google Maps

Houston’s Highway Mega-Plan: An Environmental Justice Disaster

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 25, 2019 | 2 Comments
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 […]
Accessibility to jobs in Baltimore by bike facilities. Map: University of Minnesota Accessibility Observatory

Bike Infrastructure Boosts Job Access: Report

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 24, 2019 | 2 Comments
In cities with good bike infrastructure, residents can access thousands of additional jobs on two wheels, a new study finds.
The green and blue areas will no longer have to comply with Houston's minimum parking requirements. Map: Houston Planning Commission

Houston Rolling Back Parking Requirements

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 19, 2019 | 2 Comments
The city will leave it up to businesses to decide how many parking spaces they need in two center-city neighborhoods.
A post-crash photo of the self driving Uber car that killed a Tempe pedestrian. Photo:  NTSB

Pittsburgh Reveals the Downside of Self-Driving Cars

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 18, 2019 | 11 Comments
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.
Photo:  Downtown Detroit Partnership

Beloved Public Plaza to Return to Asphalt in Detroit

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 17, 2019 | No Comments
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.
Photo: Valley Metro

President Trump Has Starved Transit Agencies of $854M

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 17, 2019 | 8 Comments
Administration delay tactics have made applying for transit construction funding much more costly and difficult.
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Do Millennials Love Sprawl Now? Eh, Not Exactly

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 3, 2019 | 8 Comments
Millennials are moving to suburbs. But in a lot of cases they don't have much of a choice.
Photo:  Seattle DOT Flickr
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Seattle’s Compassionate Response to Fare Evasion

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 28, 2019 | 9 Comments
After Seattle found that a quarter of farebeaters were homeless, it switched from thinking about enforcement to affordability.
Photo: TransitCenter
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One Neat Trick to Speed Up Bus Journeys

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 28, 2019 | 13 Comments
It's called "bus stop balancing." It's cheap and it's one of the most effective ways to speed up bus journeys.
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