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Angie Schmitt

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Phoenix pedestrians are dying at a a rate of about one every three days. But the city has been slow to respond. Photo:  Chris English/CC/Wikimedia
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Can Phoenix Be Shamed Into Protecting Pedestrians?

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 17, 2018 | No Comments
For years, the city's streets department delayed action on safer street design as hundreds of people lost their lives. Now advocates hope to force the agency's hand.
Bogotá reduced traffic deaths after reframing the issue in a way that appealed to widely accepted values. Photo: Felipe Restrepo Acosta/Wikimedia Commons
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“Life Is Sacred” — How Bogotá Reduced Road Deaths and Homicides Together

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 16, 2018 | No Comments
The city's traffic fatality rate declined by roughly 50 percent between 1996 and 2006. Key to that result was an initiative to address traffic deaths and homicides in tandem.
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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Losing a Son, Starting a Movement

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 12, 2018 | No Comments
Amy Cohen of Families for Safe Streets is empowering people around the country who've lost loved ones to traffic violence to fight for change.
There are as many as 15,000 dockless bikes on the streets of Dallas. It's causing some issues. Photo:  LimeBike Sightings/Instagram
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Dallas City Council Rejects Fees on Dockless Bike-Share Companies

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 10, 2018 | No Comments
The biggest bike-share experiment in the U.S. right now is happening in Dallas, and the city isn't quite sure what to do next.
Photo:  Dongho Chang
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Seattle Could Be the First U.S. City to Institute Congestion Pricing

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 5, 2018 | No Comments
Mayor Jenny Durkan says she wants to have a true central city congestion pricing system in place by 2021.
Photo:  Joe Mabel
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Landlords in Seattle Can’t Force Renters to Pay for Parking Anymore

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 3, 2018 | No Comments
Renters who don't own cars will no longer have to pay for parking spaces they don't use.
A video released by Tempe police from inside the Uber car shows the backup driver's attention diverted from the road before the collision that killed Elaine Herzberg.
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Car Companies Failed at Regulating Themselves. Why Would Autonomous Car Companies Be Different?

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 2, 2018 | No Comments
A system in which AV companies make the rules is going to fail.
If you build a street that's safe to cross, you don't need a pedestrian bridge. Image: Dover, Kohl & Partners
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Instead of a Pedestrian Bridge, How About a Street That Works for Walking, Biking, and Transit?

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 30, 2018 | No Comments
Here's how it might look if FIU fixed the underlying problem -- a street that's dangerous to cross on foot.
Cleveland transit advocates protesting earlier this month against another fare hike. Photo: Clevelanders for Public Transit
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Cleveland Bus Riders Beat Back a Fare Hike

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 29, 2018 | No Comments
Grassroots volunteers are making progress in their campaign to reverse Cleveland's transit death spiral. But the fight's far from over.
Image: KTNV-TV
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How Coverage of Pedestrian Fatalities Dehumanizes Victims and Absolves Drivers

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 28, 2018 | No Comments
An analysis of news headlines in Canada identified rhetorical patterns that deflect culpability from drivers.
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Parking Madness 2018: Houston vs. Jacksonville

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 27, 2018 | No Comments
The first match of 2018 pairs two repeat offenders. Vote for the worst parking scar!
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Seattle Bike Lane Opponents Say Moms Don’t Use Bike Lanes, Get Owned by Biking Moms

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 26, 2018 | No Comments
Do not mess with moms who bike.
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