Angie Schmitt
Recent Posts
Making Traffic Signals Fair for Pedestrians
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Traffic engineering conventions deprive people on foot of sufficient time to cross the street. We should change that.
Miami’s Mindless Highway Addiction Gets the Mockery It Deserves
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A 15-mile highway extension would bring sprawl to the edge of the Everglades and drain resources that could be used for transit.
Building Highways Made Racial Segregation Worse. Can Removing Them Undo That Legacy?
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The teardown of I-81 in Syracuse presents an opportunity to rebuild Syracuse in a way that rights past injustices.
Taking Stock of Dockless Bike-Share in Seattle
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The most interesting experiment with dockless bike-share in an American city right now is happening in Seattle.
The Streetsblog Guide to Children’s Books
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Indoctrinate your kids into the joys of buses, bikes, and car-free streets!
Fed Up With an Apathetic City Hall, Phoenix Complete Streets Volunteers Resign En Masse
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Seven members of Phoenix's Complete Streets Advisory Board resigned in disgust this week, frustrated by the lack of action from city officials to make streets safer for walking and biking.
Trump Admin Snuffs Out Climate Progress at U.S. DOT
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The Trump administration has eliminated an Obama-era rule to encourage transportation policies that reduce the threat of catastrophic climate change.
What Happened When a Detroit Politician Rode the Bus to Work
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Two painfully slow bus rides, a hike through knee-deep grass, and a 2.5-hour one-way commute.
How Fire Departments Stopped Worrying and Embraced Safer Street Design
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As Portland built out bike lanes and pedestrian safety measures, fears about slower response times did not materialize.
Nope, Harassing Panhandlers Isn’t a Pedestrian Safety Plan
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The criminalization of walking continues in Dayton, Ohio.
Madrid Moves to Boot Car Traffic Out of Its City Center
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A major city center without cars? Madrid is going to come close sometime in the next year, says the administration of Mayor Manuela Carmena.
How Uber’s Self-Driving System Failed to Brake and Avoid Killing Elaine Herzberg
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The National Transportation Safety Board is out with a preliminary report into how an Uber car in self-driving mode struck and killed Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, Arizona, this March.