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Angie Schmitt

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Transit, biking, and walking  — not car commuting — are absorbing job growth in downtown Seattle. Graphic: Commute Seattle
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Seattle Cut Car Commuting Downtown While Adding 60,000 Jobs

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 15, 2018 | No Comments
Don't let anyone tell you a healthier economy is inextricably linked to more driving.
The only photo in the city of Chicago's online section about Bike Safety & Education is this image of a cyclist helping another cyclist fit her helmet. Photo: City of Chicago
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How America’s Bike Helmet Fixation Upholds a Culture of “Unfettered Automobility”

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 14, 2018 | No Comments
By almost any quantifiable safety metric, the helmet fixation has failed. People bike at low rates in the U.S. compared to international peers, and suffer higher injury and fatality rates per mile of cycling.
The red dots represent white residents and the blue dots represent black residents in this map of metro Detroit. It's easy to see Eight Mile Road, the dividing line between Wayne County, which includes Detroit, and suburban Oakland and Macomb counties to the north. Map: Eric Fischer
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Suburban Segregationist Brooks Patterson Breaks Up Detroit’s Hard-Won Transit Coalition

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 14, 2018 | No Comments
Representing the region's primarily white northern suburbs, Patterson is blocking a transit measure that would improve job access for black Detroiters.
Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr
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Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is Just Another Con

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 12, 2018 | No Comments
The White House outline does nothing to reform a half-century of highway-centric federal policy that has left America choking on traffic.
Ken Schwartz was mayor of San Luis Obispo, California, from 1969 to 1979. Photo:  Heidi Harmon

Former California Mayor Calls New Bikeway “Urban Rape”

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 9, 2018 | 1 Comment
"The rape will not be performed by a male penis, but by thousands of inanimate bicycles guided by individuals who will have absolutely no understanding of that precious tranquility they will be destroying," said former San Luis Obispo mayor Ken Schwartz.
Spin and Limebike, along with ofo, are the three venture-funded bike-share companies active in Seattle. Photo: SounderBruce/Flickr
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Is the Dockless Bike-Share Revolution a Mirage?

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 7, 2018 | No Comments
There are big questions about the venture-funded dockless bike-share model that go deeper than the propriety of where the bikes are parked.
The red areas mark parts of Miami where transit demand is high but service is underwhelming. Map: Center for Neighborhood Technology
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Where Are the Gaps in Your Transit System?

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 6, 2018 | No Comments
Wherever you live across the U.S., new mapping tool can pinpoint underserved areas.
Image:  Green Lane Project
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Looking for the Fulfillment That Car Ads Promise? You Won’t Get It From Driving.

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 5, 2018 | No Comments
Car commercials promise emotional fulfillment to mask the fact that driving is stultifying and sedentary.
The Koch brothers are trying to torpedo a transit plan that's both big enough to inspire and grounded in the technical details of what makes transit work well. Map: Let's Move Nashville
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The Koch Brothers Want to Keep Nashville Mired in Traffic

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 5, 2018 | No Comments
The fossil fuel plutocrats are backing an opposition campaign to squelch the city's ambitious transit ballot measure.
Instead of widening Merrimon Avenue, Asheville wants to trim the number of car lanes and add space for walking and biking. Image: City of Asheville/Streetmix
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Asheville Won’t Let North Carolina DOT Jam a Road Widening Through City Neighborhoods

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 2, 2018 | No Comments
NCDOT's plan offers nothing for pedestrians and cyclists, say city officials. And that's not good enough.
This 70-unit apartment building was built after Minneapolis relaxed its parking requirements. It still has parking, but only surface spots, not the costly underground garage that the old rules would have required. Photo:  Nick Magrino
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How Parking Mandates Tilt the Market Toward “Luxury” Housing

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 1, 2018 | No Comments
After Minneapolis slashed parking requirements, developers started to produce more affordable mid-rise apartment buildings instead of luxury high-rises.
Indiana DOT wants to widen a highway through historic Indianapolis neighborhoods near downtown. Locals are fighting back. Image: Urban Indy
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Indiana DOT Wants to Double Down on 1960s-Era Urban Highway

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 31, 2018 | No Comments
The bad old days — when we torn down urban neighborhoods to build highways — aren't really behind us.
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