Skip to Content
Streetsblog USA home
Log In
Streetsblog

Today’s Headlines

7:55 AM EDT on May 26, 2010

    • LaHood hails Canada's offer to help pay for a new bridge link between its southern border and Detroit (Det. News)
    • Feds release new guide to bike commuting implementation (LAB Blog)
    • Voinovich lobbies his local regional planning organization for a gas tax hike to fund new federal transport bill (Biz Courier)
    • Felix Salmon profiles transport wonk and Streetsblog NYC contributor Charles Komanoff (Wired)
    • Austin, Texas, sees its federal payment under the infrastructure-centric Build America Bonds program temporarily withheld by the IRS (Bloomberg)
    • How Portland, Oregon, sold local banks on walkable development (Streetsblog NYC)
    • San Jose airport planners consider personal rapid transit "pods" for local airport (Merc News)
    • 50 years later, Wisconsin state DOT apologizes to Indian tribe for demolishing one of their cemeteries (AP)
    • Memphis city council scraps funding for proposed light rail link between downtown, airport (Comm. Appeal)
    • In South Africa, a transportation strike is hobbling small-scale agriculture (WSJ)

Stay in touch

Sign up for our free newsletter

More from Streetsblog USA

Wednesday’s Headlines at a Discount

We talk a lot about how parking minimums drive up housing costs, but so do overly wide roads. Why not take away a lane or two and let people build on the land?

October 4, 2023

Watch 15 Years of Street Transformation in a Single Streetfilm

It's hard to see the big picture of just what has been accomplished between Times and Union squares. That's where Clarence Eckerson Jr. comes in.

October 4, 2023

Study: Remote Work Isn’t Always A Cure for America’s Driving Addiction

A lot of Americans traded long commutes for short errands during the pandemic — but whether that swap resulted in more or less driving is a consequence of policy choices.

October 4, 2023

Tuesday’s Headlines Are Trending Down

An estimated 19,515 people died in car crashes during the first half of 2023, which is down 3.3 percent but still 19,515 too many.

October 3, 2023
See all posts