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
Parking Madness 2019 Round 1: Portland vs. Pittsburgh
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Two parking-craters-turned-beloved-public-squares face off today in Parking Madness. Vote for the best.
Seattle Mayor’s Bike Lane Retreat Enrages Activists
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It looks like Seattle's new Mayor, Jenny Durkan, isn't going to show the kind of transportation leadership we've come to expect from Seattle.
Study: Bike and Ped Lanes Make Neighbors Healthier
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High-quality biking and walking facilities actually create healthier people, a new study based in Vancouver finds.
Parking Madness 2019 Round 1: Houston vs. Boston
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Whole neighborhoods around downtown Houston and Boston's Seaport are rising out of asphalt.
Parking Madness 2019 Round 1: Oakland vs. Atlanta
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We’re on to our second round one match in this year’s Parking Madness competition — comparing different cities that have repaired their parking craters with useful infill development: more city! This competition highlights a really hopeful trend underway in cities; Parking craters all over the country are disappearing. In our first matchup, Minneapolis knocked off a […]
Amsterdam's 9-Year-Old 'Bike Mayor' Schools Adults
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Lotta Crok, represents the city's 125,000 children under 14. She wants the city to be bolder about protecting child cyclists.
Parking Madness Battle: K.C. vs. Minneapolis
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It's the first matchup in our Parking Madness tournament: Downtown East Minneapolis vs. Kansas City's Power and Light District.
Phoenix Rail Plan in Danger As Council Swipes Cash
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Voters in Phoenix voted overwhelmingly approved a $31-billion light rail system. Now it's in danger of being pillaged for road projects.
PARKING MADNESS 2019: Fill In Your Bracket Today
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Sixteen awesome city spaces that have bloomed out of asphalt are going head to head in the next few weeks. See if your city made the cut.
Finally, a Commercial for Buses that Delivers
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Go Transit's ad employs all the well-worn cliches from car commercials in favor of the humble, lovable bus.
Trump White House Still Underfunds Transit
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About $2.7 billion in funds for transit projects remains in a state of limbo at the Trump U.S. DOT.
Transit Vote is a Big Moment in a Changing Atlanta
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The vote is an opportunity to correct mistakes from the past and bring Atlanta's northern suburbs online with transit.