Angie Schmitt
Recent Posts
House GOP Transportation Bill Would Raise Taxes on Transit and Bikes
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The bill would amount to a tax increase of more than $200 million annually on American transit agencies.
Portland Transportation Bureau Retracts Tweet Calling Electric Scooters “Toys” for “Tech Bros”
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The comment highlights the lack of legitimacy given to transportation modes that aren't cars.
As Cities Turn Off Red Light Cameras, Red Light Runners Claim More Lives
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A 17 percent rise in red light-running fatalities coincides with a 21 percent decline in the number of red light cameras in operation, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
These Are the American Cities Where Transit Access to Jobs Is Getting Better
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Investments in better transit are paying off for Phoenix, Minneapolis, and Columbus.
No, “Drunk Walking” Is Not Causing the Rise in Pedestrian Deaths
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A new report from PBS News Hour violates the most basic precepts of good journalism in a pathetic attempt to pin the rise in pedestrian fatalities on people who drink and walk.
6 Times NHTSA Scolded Pedestrians When It Knew SUVs Were Killing Them
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Since 2015, NHTSA has known that SUVs were two to three times more likely to kill pedestrians than cars. Instead it blamed headphones and Pokemon Go.
Should Seattle Extend Its Streetcar?
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Like other cities that have built low-ridership streetcars, Seattle is facing a choice: keep throwing money at a mode of transportation that hasn't paid off, or stick with it in the hopes that more people will ride routes that connect more places.
Federal Safety Officials Knew SUV Design Kills Pedestrians and Didn’t Act
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A 2015 NHTSA report reviewed a range of research showing that people are two to three times more likely to be killed when struck by an SUV than by a typical passenger car.
North Carolina DOT Threatens to Steamroll Asheville’s Highway-to-Boulevard Plans
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Asheville has a plan to salvage part of its city from a highway. But North Carolina DOT wants to rush forward with a highway rebuild without committing to that plan.
The Story of “Micro Transit” Is Consistent, Dismal Failure
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Real world experience has proven that diverting resources to "micro transit" is not a recipe to improve transit or increase ridership.
Surprise Attack on Phoenix Light Rail Expansion Reeks of Koch Brother Interference
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The 11th-hour opposition campaign seeks to stop a project supported by 75 percent of neighborhood residents just three years ago.
Why Affordable Housing Is So Important for Development Near Transit in Denver
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What happens when you build housing around transit, but it's not affordable to the people who ride transit the most?