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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: Teco Streetcar/Twitter

How Tampa Tripled Ridership on its Streetcar

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 9, 2019 | No Comments
Free fares and more service led to big ridership boosts in Tampa and St. Petersburg. Would it scale?
Using low-cost materials like this concrete divider, Toronto set up new streetcar stops on the far side of intersections on King Street, enabling safer boarding and cutting down on time stopped at red lights. Photo: Human Transit

What Toronto Learned By Giving Its Streetcar Its Own Lane

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 5, 2019 | No Comments
You can move more people in crowded cities when you get cars out of the way of more efficient modes — like transit.
The Claiborne Expressway in New Orleans is the nation's top candidate for a highway teardown, says the Congress for New Urbanism. Photo: The Advocate via CNU

The Top 10 U.S. Highways that Should be Torn Down

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 4, 2019 | No Comments
Aging highways present opportunity for cities to rebuild urban neighborhoods. Here are the top 10 highways that are ripe for teardown, according to CNU.
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signs Idaho Stop Legislation. Photo courtesy of Arkansas State Parks

Arkansas Passes the ‘Idaho Stop,’ Allowing Cyclists to Treat Red Lights Like Stop Signs

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 3, 2019 | No Comments
Arkansas becomes the second state to fully adopt Idaho's famous 1982 cycling safety law.
Photo: Richard Masoner/Flickr

Study: Aggressive Driving is Linked to Seeing Cyclists as ‘Less than Human’

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 29, 2019 | No Comments
Almost half of non-cyclists in a study rated cyclists as less than fully human, using standard psychological surveys.

Parking Madness 2019 First Round Battle: Kansas City vs. Minneapolis

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 22, 2019 | No Comments
It's the first matchup in our Parking Madness tournament: Downtown East Minneapolis vs. Kansas City's Power and Light District.
D.C.'s NoMa neighborhood will be taking on Toronto for the Most Improved Crater award.

PARKING MADNESS 2019: Fill In Your Bracket Today

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 21, 2019 | No Comments
Sixteen awesome city spaces that have bloomed out of asphalt are going head to head in the next few weeks. See if your city made the cut.
Image: Go Triangle

Finally, a Commercial for Buses that Delivers

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 21, 2019 | No Comments
Go Transit's ad employs all the well-worn cliches from car commercials in favor of the humble, lovable bus.

The Craziest Anti-Bike Lane Arguments We’ve Heard

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 18, 2019 | No Comments
Professional bike advocates have heard some wild excuses not to build bike lanes. Here's a video of their all-time favorites.
Downtown Denver in the 1970s vs. today. Before photo: Nick DeWolf via Flickr

We’re Looking for the Most Improved Parking Crater!

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 13, 2019 | No Comments
This year's tournament will match up reformed parking craters: Former surface lots that are now filled with city. Send us entries!

Talking Headways Podcast: The Annual Yonah Freemark Prediction Show

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 7, 2019 | No Comments
It's time for our much-loved predictions show!
Photo: James Stutzman

Europe Will Use Vehicle Tech to Prevent Speeding, Save Thousands of Lives

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 5, 2019 | No Comments
A new E.U. rule requiring speed limiters in cars is expected to save 15,000 lives in 15 years. Why can't the U.S. do the same?
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