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Angie Schmitt

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European car safety standards require higher hoods to reduce the likelihood of head trauma for pedestrians struck by drivers. Photo:  Car and Driver
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While Other Countries Mandate Safer Car Designs for Pedestrians, America Does Nothing

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 7, 2017 | No Comments
The regulators at the NHTSA have never gotten serious about adapting vehicle design to protect people outside cars, even as pedestrian deaths have soared.
The cost of driving solo on the high-demand stretch of I-66 inside the Beltway. Photo: Salesgrincity/Twitter
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The Lesson of $40 Highway Tolls in Virginia

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 6, 2017 | No Comments
It's one of the few cases where solo drivers have to confront the full cost of their trips.
Large trucks are especially dangerous on city streets, and the Trump administration wants to roll back rules to prevent drowsy big rig driving. Image: Photo: WNBC via Daily News
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Trump Administration’s Push to Roll Back Truck Safety Rules Will Cost People Their Lives

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 5, 2017 | No Comments
Nearly 4,000 people lost their lives in crashes involving large trucks in 2015. Now the Trump administration is about to make the problem worse.
The GOP's tax overhaul overwhelmingly benefits the wealthiest Americans, and it could trigger major spending cuts. Chart: Economic Policy Institute
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GOP Tax Cuts Threaten Funding for Transit, Biking, and Walking

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 4, 2017 | No Comments
Congress is on track to trigger spending austerity that will cut programs like New Starts and TIGER.
Protesters formed a human chain to protect the bike lane where a truck driver struck and killed Emily Fredricks. Photo: Rebuilding the Rust Belt
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Philadelphia Cyclists Demand Safer Bike Lanes — Now

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 30, 2017 | No Comments
About 75 demonstrators took to the streets yesterday after a garbage truck driver struck and killed 24-year-old Emily Fredricks.
Leave it to a Brit to deliver a mathematical smackdown this courteously.
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London’s Protected Bike Lanes Move People 5 Times More Efficiently Than Car Lanes

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 29, 2017 | No Comments
Leave it to a Brit to deliver a mathematical smackdown this courteously.
ART buses operate in a center-running transitway with level boarding at stations. Photo: Michael Kodransky
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Albuquerque’s Ground-Breaking BRT Project Makes Its Maiden Voyage on Route 66

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 28, 2017 | No Comments
The design of Albuquerque's "ART" transitway rates higher than any other American bus rapid transit project.
New apartments in northwest Atlanta have a walkable footprint but are disconnected from transit. Photo: Darin Givens
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Who’s to Blame for Drive-to-Urbanism?

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 27, 2017 | No Comments
Developments can have the trappings of a walkable place but still be very difficult to access without a car.
Georgia DOT thinks this $800 million highway spaghetti is the answer to congestion, and the local newspaper is unskeptical. Image: Georgia DOT
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The Problem With Lazy Local Coverage of Highways and Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 22, 2017 | No Comments
When there's a highway project, local papers reprint the press release. When there's a transit project, they get quotes from cranks.
Motor vehicle parking usually isn't the best use of scarce curb space in crowded cities. Graphic: NACTO
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Bus Lanes Are the New Parking Lanes

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 21, 2017 | No Comments
Reserving curb space for people to park cars right next to their destination is no way to manage city streets.
People of color make up a disproportionate share of "missing workers." But transit investment could help, according to a new report.  Demos
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Transit Investment Can Help Close the Racial Employment Gap

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 20, 2017 | No Comments
By both improving access to jobs and creating new jobs, transit investment can connect people of color to employment.
Jacksonville, Florida has some of the nation's most dangerous roads for pedestrians. The city's police have cynically exploited a genuine public safety threat to use "jaywalking" as a pretext to stop and search black residents. Image: Florida Times-Union
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Jacksonville’s “Jaywalking” Enforcement Is Very, Very Racist

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 17, 2017 | No Comments
A bombshell new report from ProPublica and the Florida Times-Union examines Jacksonville's profoundly broken and racially biased pedestrian enforcement.
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