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Angie Schmitt

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These U.S. Communities Are Making Safety Progress After Jaywalking Reform

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 23, 2022 | No Comments
The Black Lives Matter protests and the pandemic have dramatically shifted the terrain around policing. As a result, the last two years have brought about the first serious rethinking of jaywalking laws in a century, challenging a practically universal American rule that dates back to some of the earliest auto industry lobbying campaigns. Here's what happened next.
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A Hard Right Turn: The Moment the U.S. DOT Abandoned U.S. Walkers

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 20, 2020 | No Comments
Federal transportation officials have never done much to center the needs of pedestrians in their policies or funding decisions. But in 2012, things took a turn for the even worse.
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ANGIE SCHMITT: Goodbye, Streetsblog, I Love You

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 20, 2019 | No Comments
After nine years at Streetsblog, writer Angie Schmitt is moving on.
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New Labor Rules for Uber and Lyft Should Help Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 13, 2019 | No Comments
A new California law making Uber and Lyft treat drivers as employees would have transportation benefits, too.
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The Spectacular Benefits of Tactical Urbanism

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 11, 2019 | No Comments
Better safety. Faster journeys. Higher ridership. A review of 20 temporary, low-cost demonstrations finds huge benefits.
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Florida GOP Trying to Kill Transportation Measure

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 6, 2019 | No Comments
A wide majority of Hillsborough County voted to tax themselves for transit and safer streets. The Florida GOP is trying to block it anyway.
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Democrats’ Climate Plans Lack Vision for Urban Transportation

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 5, 2019 | No Comments
So far, no one has seriously grappled with how to help free Americans from over-dependence on driving.
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How Our Transport System Is Biased Against Women

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 29, 2019 | No Comments
The world we live in is designed by men — for men. And it continues to endanger women.
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Bernie Sanders’s ‘Green New Deal’: What’s His Plan for Transit?

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 23, 2019 | No Comments
The Democratic contender's climate plan calls for $300 billion in new transit funding and $600 billion for high-speed rail. But it's not great on highways.
Photo: Rebranding Driving
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British Official Floats Idea of SUV Ban

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 22, 2019 | No Comments
British traffic safety authorities are starting to figure out how dangerous SUVs are for pedestrians. Unlike the U.S., they might actually do something about it.
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Study: Two-Way Bike Lanes Produce More Injuries

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 19, 2019 | No Comments
A new study looks at what kinds of bikeway designs offer the most safety benefits. Dutch-style sidewalk-level bike lanes win out.
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How Columbus Doubled Downtown Bus Commuting

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 15, 2019 | No Comments
Free transit passed for downtown workers raised their transit-commuting rate from 5 percent to 10 to 14 percent.
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