- White House: Reid's Energy Bill Could Be Strengthened in Committee (Bloomberg)
- New Jersey Sprawl Reaches Breaking Point (NJ.com)
- Do Heavy Trucks Pay Their Share for Highway Maintenance? (Idaho Reporter)
- LaHood Schedules Distracted Driving Summit for September (Detroit News)
- Why Gas Tax Hikes Are Long Overdue (USA Today)
- Texas DOT Gives Rail a Chance (Dallas Morning News)
- Momentum for High-Speed Rail Grows in Connecticut (New Haven Register)
- Faulty Electronic Circuit Caused Last Summer's Metro Crash in DC (WaPo)
- The Timeless Question: Can Cyclists and Motorists Coexist? (Cap Times)
- Planning Professor Breaks Down Economic Impact of Transportation Investment (InTransition)
Today's Headlines
Today’s Headlines
By Adam Voiland
Stay in touch
Sign up for our free newsletter
More from Streetsblog USA
Friday Video: Amtrak Is Way More Successful Than You Think
Why do so many people still treat Amtrak as a failure — and what would it take to deliver the rail investment that American riders deserve?
October 24, 2025
Friday’s Headlines Are Hanging Out Down the Street
The same old thing we did last week — until the neighbor wrote a letter to the editor.
October 24, 2025
Report: Lessons from California’s HSR Project
A new paper from the Mineta Institute looks at California's high-speed rail project—and how to do better moving forward.
Talking Headways Podcast: Life After Cars
Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon of The War on Cars podcast on their new book, opposing views, Turtle Jesus and potential off-ramps towards car-free cities.
October 23, 2025
Traffic Congestion Is a Housing and Transit Problem, Not a Highway Problem
To truly solve tangled traffic in California (and across the U.S.), we need to take the problem out of the hands of the road builders and address the root causes of congestion: building more affordable housing near jobs and improving public transportation options.
Truckers Back NYC Busway Plan That Trump Blocked
The federal government has obviously lost its trucking mind.
