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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

Nashville Bill Would Lower Residential Speed Limits

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 5, 2019 | No Comments
The county and its main city will reduce speeds to 25 mph in neighborhoods, if lawmakers approve a new safety measure.

Seattle Tosses Out Rulebook to Protect Pedestrians

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 5, 2019 | No Comments
The engineering rules say you can't add a signalized crosswalk unless 93 pedestrians are crossing there per hour. Seattle's trying something different.

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

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 4, 2019 | No Comments
More traffic, less transit trips, more traffic deaths, greater social stratification: A comprehensive list. (It's long.)

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.

Congestion Pricing, Often Attacked as Inequitable, Is Actually the Cure for Inequitable Transportation

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 30, 2019 | No Comments
The best way to ensure that congestion pricing doesn't hurt the poor is to make sure revenues from new tolls support better transit service — not just build more highways.

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.

UPDATED: Baltimore May Jail E-Scooter Speeders

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 29, 2019 | No Comments
Legislation being considered by the City Council would give police the option of jailing e-scooter riders for up to 30 days for minor infractions.
Scooters on Market Street. Photo: Andy Bosselman

New Study of E-Scooter Injuries Raises More Questions than it Answers

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 25, 2019 | No Comments
The Journal of the American Medical Association is pushing for helmets, but the actual data is still open to interpretation.

Seattle’s Viadoom: The ‘Carmageddon’ That Wasn’t

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 24, 2019 | No Comments
We've seen this before: Freeways induce driving and when one closes people adapt their choices accordingly. There is no "carmageddon" after all.

The Bible Belt Should Really Be Called ‘The Carnage Corset’ For Pedestrians

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 23, 2019 | No Comments
Eight of the 10 most dangerous metro areas in the U.S. for pedestrians are in Florida, according to a new study by Smart Growth America. Of the remaining 12, eight are in the Deep South.

Study: Uber and Lyft Caused U.S. Transit Decline

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 23, 2019 | No Comments
Uber and Lyft have decreased bus ridership in San Francisco 12.7 percent since 2010, a new study estimates.

Engineering Group Takes on High Speed Limits

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 18, 2019 | No Comments
One barrier to safer, more pedestrian friendly streets is slowing being dismantled.
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