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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

A "slow turn wedge" at 89 Avenue and 164 Street in Queens, New York. Photo: Google Maps

Cities are Making Left Turns Safer with ‘Wedges’

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 9, 2018 | No Comments
Strategically placed bollards and curbs slow drivers and prevent them from "cutting corners," keeping pedestrians safer.
Tampa's All for Transportation won big last night. Photo: Christina Barker

Election 2018: The Koch Brothers Lost Big in Tampa Last Night

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 7, 2018 | No Comments
A grassroots-led push for trails, sidewalks and transit funding in Hillsborough County was successful despite opposition backed by the Koch brothers.
Bus rapid transit in Chrystal City. Photo: Dan Malouff/GGwash

Amazon’s Choice of Crystal City Powered by Good Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 6, 2018 | No Comments
Good transit and a highly educated workforce make sense — but couldn't Amazon have spread the wealth instead of picking suburbs where it already has a large presence?
Cleveland's HealthLine Photo: ITDP

America’s Early Bus Rapid Transit Systems Are Working Well

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 5, 2018 | No Comments
Now 10 years old and older, the performance of the U.S.'s first bus rapid transit systems helps explain why the model has caught fire.
Photo: Pexels.com

Single-Family Housing Upholds the Patriarchy and Hurts Moms

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 2, 2018 | No Comments
What happened to the "village?" They're a car ride away.
Photo: Lyft

Uber and Lyft Ads Are Really Annoying Us Lately

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 1, 2018 | No Comments
Research increasingly shows Uber and Lyft are worsening congestion, hurting transit, even boosting car sales. It shouldn't be too surprising if you've been paying attention to their ads.
Photo: TransitCenter

Report Offers Better Ways to Cut Traffic from New Development

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 17, 2018 | No Comments
What if instead of requiring developers to add parking or widen roads, we asked them to do things that discouraged driving and car ownership? That's what Smart Growth America recommends.
Photo: Ride MCTS

Bus Routes Helping Bridge Milwaukee’s Notorious Racial-Economic Divide

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 16, 2018 | No Comments
New research shows two reverse-commute bus routes are providing a vital link for low-income neighborhoods. But the state may stop funding them.
Photo: Don Kostelec

Experts: Feds Aren’t Fixing Pedestrian Safety Crisis

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 12, 2018 | No Comments
Federal officials are failing to protect pedestrians — and, in fact, err on the side of drivers and even blame walkers for a pedestrian death toll has increased 50 percent in just eight years, advocates say.
Sorry bus stops, like this Streetsblog "sorry bus stop" contest winner in St. Louis, are all over the place.

How Can Transit Agencies Get Bus Stops Right?

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 9, 2018 | No Comments
Most agencies have neglected this critical piece of transit infrastructure. But TransitCenter explains what the best agencies do right.
This is how it should work. Photo: Envision Downtown

Bus Lane Enforcement Cameras Are Better Than Cops: Report

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 5, 2018 | No Comments
Bus lanes are useless if constantly impinged on by traffic. Here's how to fix the problem.
A Detroit media bigwig is complaining about traffic on this street, East Jefferson. The city recently added a protected bike lane. Photo: Streetsblog

Who Are Detroit’s Streets For?

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 4, 2018 | No Comments
Keith Crain is part of an aging old guard upset at seeing one of its privileges -- speeding through Detroit -- threatened.
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