Urban planning, safe transportation. Child friendly neighborhoods. Political reform. Defender of the Midwest/ average middle class life. Author: RIGHT OF WAY
Joined October 2025
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5 Dec 2025
Big announcement. Been working in this for 1.5 years and I’m so happy to have found an amazing publishing house working with my amazing literary agency
4 Dec 2025
New Deal Alert! Congratulations to Angie Schmitt, author of PLAYING IN THE STREETS, a nonfiction book about how infrastructure can be redesigned to better include children and families, sold to Catherine Tung at North Point Press!
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The text reads: Urban planner and author of RIGHT OF WAY Angie Schmitt's PLAYING IN THE STREETS: HOW TO GET CHILDREN OFF THE PHONES AND INTO THE WORLD, about how children and families are being excluded from outdoor public spaces and what infrastructure and design can do to solve these issues and correct the epidemic of loneliness and disconnection, to Catherine Tung at North Point Press. [end of text]](https://venexa.site/media/G7WmiyyaAAAOGTU.jpg)
ALT A graphic announcing a new book deal with the author's photo (a person with a short haircut and grey shirt leans against a nice brick wall, smiles at the camera, and has their arms folded casually in front of them) and text over a soft blue background. The text reads: Urban planner and author of RIGHT OF WAY Angie Schmitt's PLAYING IN THE STREETS: HOW TO GET CHILDREN OFF THE PHONES AND INTO THE WORLD, about how children and families are being excluded from outdoor public spaces and what infrastructure and design can do to solve these issues and correct the epidemic of loneliness and disconnection, to Catherine Tung at North Point Press. [end of text]
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Apr 21
One for team con re: fare-free transit
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Apr 21
The stats here are kind of remarkable. BART's new fare gates have led to a 1,000-hour decline in clean up time; 41% drop in crime; and $10 million increase in projected revenue. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
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Apr 20
Thank you.
I’m pro-Waymo but it’s such bullshit that we can’t achieve safe streets without them
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Apr 20
I’m a political radical because I think kids should be able to play outside and I think adult drivers should be forced to accept some reasonable constraints to allow that.
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Apr 20
What’s crazy is I think this was kinda uncontroversial and few decades ago. And then everything got utterly utterly stupid
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Apr 20
This is a child I know that was killed. Look how the news bends over backward to blame the kid and absolve the driver. It is so sick how we always do this.
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Mar 30
Debbie downer here but transit advocates who are excited about gas prices aren't gonna be as happy when the costs start hitting the agencies and they start talking about fare hikes or service cutbacks.
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Mar 27
An atmospheric scientist interviewed by the WaPo said school car line exhaust "finds its way into classrooms within 35 minutes to 73 minutes. Once inside, it lowers student math and English performance"
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I think it's pretty clear that the Democrats contributed to the politicization of the school reopening debate in an election year. Arne played a role in that.
Mar 24
Spoke with @arneduncan at @aefpweb in Chicago last week on how Democrats lost parents when it comes to education.
His take: Covid closures no clear vision = opening for GOP to tap into fears.
His Rx: stand for academic excellence accountability in school choice.
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Mar 25
One thing I think we should be more honest about is that most contemporary punditry is really mostly just entertainment for people who work office jobs and want to slack off a little on the clock.
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Mar 25
RT @JonHaidt: Victory in the social media trial in LA!
As of today, we are in a new world: a new era in the fight to protect children from…
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Pothole season is when our past greatness peaks through to taunt us.
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Mar 21
Tech Companies Have Never Had to Answer for One of Their Worst Crimes @schmangee angieschmitt.substack.com/p/…
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Mar 21
We used to have these. They were called Apartment Hotels. They’d consist of a single room with a bathroom, housecleaning, a cafeteria and lounges. Imagine being able to rent month to month and not need to furnish an apartment. It was ideal. Nuts we got rid of these.
Lots of people's social & romantic lives could be vastly improved if it was normal for young adults to live in college dorm-style accommodation in city centres until they were ready to set up home properly. Why doesn't this exist? I think there would be a market for it!
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New study finds "substantial and persistent negative effects for students with prolonged remote-only exposure" on long-term patterns of student attendance
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Mar 20
It's really okay to marry someone, stick with them, and raise kids together. No journalist will write an edgy magazine piece about your lifestyle, but you'll have a great shot at a fulfilling and meaningful life.
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Mar 20
Photographing the midwestern gothic
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Mar 21
Americans are so dependent on oil. Already the price of gas increase is costing Americans an extra $300 million a day at the pump.
It’s a (somewhat) regressive cost, because lower income people pay way larger share of their income on gas.
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I’ll be discussing “The Unfinished Metropolis” with
@schmangee at Clevo Books in downtown Cleveland the evening of Tuesday, 3/31.
Clevelanders, come through!
luma.com/1zq3kmfw
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Mar 12
"What do people do with this?"
Mar 7
A mother who works about 70 hours a week received a school calendar listing all the holidays, early releases, and teacher planning days. Curious, she used ChatGPT to organize every day her kids would be off from school during the year. When she saw the full list, she was shocked by how many days there actually were. Her husband stays home with the kids, but she started wondering how families with two full-time working parents manage all those days off.
School schedules can look manageable at first glance, but when you add up all the days off, it really highlights how challenging childcare logistics can be for many working families. How do households where both parents work full-time handle the large number of school holidays, early release days, and breaks during the year?
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