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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

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How Columbus Doubled Downtown Bus Commuting

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 15, 2019 | No Comments
Free transit passed for downtown workers raised their transit-commuting rate from 5 percent to 10 to 14 percent.
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Federal Program Would Help Cities Tear Down Highways

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 14, 2019 | No Comments
A new pot of money would help undo the sometimes-racist legacy of urban highway construction.
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Uber is a Slow-Motion Tragedy

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 9, 2019 | No Comments
More congested cities. Weakened transit systems. To top it off, Uber lost $5.2 billion last quarter.
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Minneapolis Just Banned Drive-Throughs

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 9, 2019 | No Comments
Safer walking, cleaner air, less noise. Minneapolis hopes phasing out drive-throughs will help it meet its climate goals.
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Salt Lake City May Create Free-Fare Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 8, 2019 | No Comments
Two mayoral candidates have plans to make transit free. And a new survey shows overwhelming public support.
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Koch Brothers-Backed Group is Behind Assault on Phoenix Light Rail

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 7, 2019 | No Comments
The Latino business owner who was the face of the campaign has quit, saying she was "used."
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Autonomous Car Industry’s Frightening Vision for Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 2, 2019 | No Comments
Cattle gates for pedestrians in NYC. "Antiseptic cities." This is what auto industry officials tell the New York Times they envision for self-driving cars.
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Study: Drivers Behave More Dangerously Around Women Cyclists

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 1, 2019 | No Comments
Research finding that drivers pass women more closely may help explain why women express greater fears about cycling.
Amy Cohen, holding a photo of her son Sammy Cohen Eckstein, stands next to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at a Families for Safe Streets rally. Photo: Families for Safe Streets
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Why Bill de Blasio’s ‘Vision Zero for the Nation’ Shouldn’t be Laughed off

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 31, 2019 | No Comments
In peer countries with much better safety records, presidents and prime ministers make traffic safety a national priority. So mock the New York City mayor at your own risk.
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Baby Steps on Climate Responsibility in New Federal Transportation Bill

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 31, 2019 | No Comments
A lot more money for highways. A little more money for bikes and bridge repair. But what else is in the new Transportation bill moving through Congress?
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A Denver Newscaster’s Epic Takedown of Bike-Lane Nimbys

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 26, 2019 | No Comments
Local news coverage of bike safety can be dreadful. So we’ve got to hand it to Kyle Clark of 9News in Denver. After a group of homeowners tried to halt the construction of a bike lane on South Marion Street, Clark responded with an appeal for compassion and reason, noting that a woman had been […]
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House Bill Proposes Big Jump in Bike-Share Funding

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 26, 2019 | No Comments
A bipartisan bill proposes treating bike share like transit, allowing it to compete for billions in additional federal dollars.
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