Angie Schmitt
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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’
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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
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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.
New Study of E-Scooter Injuries Raises More Questions than it Answers
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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
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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
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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
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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
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One barrier to safer, more pedestrian friendly streets is slowing being dismantled.