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Angie Schmitt

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Texas widened I-10 in Houston to cram more car commuters onto the highway system, not to facilitate national trade. Photo:  Socreate76 via Creative Commons
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The GOP Case for Cutting Federal Transit Funding Isn’t Principled — It’s Tribalism

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 3, 2017 | No Comments
They say federal funds shouldn't support local projects, but highway spending mainly facilitates local trips too.
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Parking Madness: San Bernardino vs. Atlanta

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 30, 2017 | No Comments
The second round action continues in Parking Madness as we hunt for the most appalling parking craters next to transit stations.
Photo: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons
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Trump Moves to Immediately Gut Transit Expansion and TIGER Funding

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 30, 2017 | No Comments
Waiting for fiscal year 2018 isn't fast enough for the Trump administration to cut transit funding. The White House wants to slash transit expansion and TIGER grants immediately.
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A Swedish Transit Agency Cuts Through the Autonomous Car Hype

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 29, 2017 | No Comments
We already have the technology to address a lot of the problems that self-driving cars purport to solve — it's called a bus.
Young girls are as enthusiastic about biking as boys, but many lose interest in biking as they get older. Photo: Cameron Adams/Flickr
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Why Do Teenage Girls Lose Interest in Biking?

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 29, 2017 | No Comments
In a study of 300 Portland-area families, a researcher observed that a gender gap in attitudes toward cycling isn't apparent in younger kids, but when girls reach adolescence, they don't view cycling as positively as boys do.
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Parking Madness: Hartford vs. Cleveland

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 28, 2017 | No Comments
Streetsblog is on the hunt for the North American transit station that's most severely undermined by excess surface parking, and today you'll meet the last two contestants in the running.
Officials are questioning whether the $2 billion Mon-Fayette Expressway project -- meant to help this struggling part of Appalachia -- would be worth it. Photo: PGHBridges.com
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Highway Projects Won’t Save the Rust Belt

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 28, 2017 | No Comments
Highway mega-projects remain tempting to struggling cities and regions in the Rust Belt. But evidence shows they shift economic activity away from existing business districts and don't generate lasting improvements.
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Parking Madness: Denver vs. Pleasanton

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 27, 2017 | No Comments
In today's matchup, a depressing abundance of commuter rail parking in the Bay Area takes on a mammoth parking crater enveloping three separate light rail stops in Denver.
Nashville's $6 billion regional transit plan calls for several new light rail and bus rapid transit lines. Map:  nMotion2015
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Nashville Is Ready to Embrace Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 27, 2017 | No Comments
Nashville planners have put together a $6 billion transit expansion plan that calls for four light rail lines, three bus rapid transit routes, a commuter rail connection, and more. And it looks like a referendum on raising local taxes to pay for the package would fare well.
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Parking Madness: Norfolk vs. New York

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 24, 2017 | No Comments
Today, a terminal station in Norfolk, Virginia, goes up against a stadium complex in Queens.
Graphic: Troy Heerwagen via Seattle Bike Blog
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Seattle Campaign to #GivePedsTheGreen Would Do Away With “Beg Buttons”

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 24, 2017 | No Comments
A petition in Seattle calls on the city to do away with "beg buttons" and automatically give pedestrians a walk signal at every traffic light in its "urban villages" — areas that are walkable and transit-oriented.
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Parking Madness: Little Rock vs. Atlanta

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 23, 2017 | No Comments
Of all the places that have been marred by surface parking, the saddest might be city blocks served by transit, where walking should reign and driving should not be necessary.
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