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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

Pedestrians are dying in epically high numbers, with driver distraction one of the causes.

Pedestrian Deaths Reach New High — Drivers Entirely to Blame

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 1, 2019 | No Comments
They're up again in 2018, according to a new estimate, to 6,227 -- the highest since 1990. SUVs and the growth of the Sun Belt are likely explanations.
Miami residents protest the unsafe conditions on Biscayne Boulevard. Photo: TransitAlliance Miami

Miami Hosted ‘Safe Streets Summit’ — Yet Hasn’t Fixed Its Unsafe Streets

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 26, 2019 | No Comments
More people are killed in Miami-Dade every year by car crashes than murdered. Biscayne Boulevard helps explain why.

Parking? Lots! Car Spaces Would Comprise 10% of Phoenix

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 25, 2019 | No Comments
There are three parking spaces for every man woman and child in metro Phoenix. Or about 4.5 for every car.
Transit oriented development in Portland's Pearl District. Photo: Smart Growth America

Oregon Bill Would Increase Density Near Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 22, 2019 | No Comments
Cities would no longer be able to legally forbid high-density housing by frequent transit under bill introduced by Oregon's Senate President.
Photo: Digging Cincinnati

Meet the Cincinnati Wheelchair User Struck Three Times by Drivers

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 19, 2019 | No Comments
Neil Kelly has been hit by two SUVs and a van in just 10 months. He tells Streetsblog about his struggle to stay safe in a wheelchair in the Queen City.
Bay to Bay Boulevard in Tampa. Photo: Submitted

Still Fighting for a Safe Way to School in Tampa

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 15, 2019 | No Comments
Hundreds of school children must cross Tampa's dangerous Bay to Bay Boulevard daily. Why is the mayor standing in the way of a safer street?
Photo: Atwater Village Newbie via Flickr

Report: We Don’t Need More Infrastructure — We Need Congestion Pricing

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 14, 2019 | No Comments
A new Brookings report says U.S. highway conditions have been improving every year for more than a decade, according to the Federal Highway Administration's own accounting.
Photo: U.S. PIRG/Frontier Group

Is Subprime Auto Lending the Next Housing Bubble?

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 13, 2019 | No Comments
Low-income people are increasingly being trapped in a cycle of debt by subprime auto lending. The American transportation system offers them few alternatives.
Photo: IIHS

Walking and Biking are Hurt by Lack of National Leadership: Report

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 11, 2019 | No Comments
Biking and walking have leveled off and are becoming more dangerous. The federal government and states aren't doing enough.
Photo: Oran Viriyincy/Flickr

All the Bad Things About Uber and Lyft In One Simple List

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 6, 2019 | No Comments
More traffic, less transit trips, more traffic deaths, greater social stratification: A comprehensive list. (It's long.)
Photo: LAbreform

Utah Moving Forward on ‘Idaho Stop’ for Cyclists

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 1, 2019 | No Comments
Cyclists could treat stop signs and red lights as yields under a bill recently passed out of committee with bipartisan support in the Utah House.
Photo: Elvert Barnes/Flickr/CC

New House Transportation Chair: ‘We Need to Move Beyond Fossil Fuel’

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 29, 2019 | No Comments
Peter Defazio, the new chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, talks bikes, pedestrians and transit — and getting us off fossil fuel.
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