- Cantor: Don't Worry About Government Shutdown; Our Efforts to Do So Are Futile (WaPo)
- If Distracted Driving Is So Dangerous and So Widespread, Why Are Fatalities Falling? (Bike Portland)
- Could Demand for Oil Peak Before Supply? (WaPo)
- Opposition to UK'S HS2 Grows With Cost Projections. (Sound Familiar, California?) (NYT)
- Speed Cameras' Windfall Show Just How Much People Were Speeding in Chicago (Systemic Failure)
- TSTC Re-Imagines New Jersey's Route 35 Makeover With a Complete Streets Approach
- Seattle's Taxi Drivers Are Freaking Out About New Car-Sharing Services (Crosscut)
- Most Cities Still Have No Idea How and Where Growth Happens (Atlantic Cities)
- Are We Just Not Ready for a Car Service That Uses Congestion Pricing? (Next City)
- Missed the #WomenBike Twitter Chat? Read It Here (Cyclelicio.us)
- Five Creative Innovations in Public Furniture (This Big City)
Today's Headlines
Today’s Headlines
By Tanya Snyder
Stay in touch
Sign up for our free newsletter
More from Streetsblog USA
In NYC, Unlicensed Drivers Comprise One-Quarter Of Street Fatalities: Data
Unlicensed drivers are linked to fatal crashes much more often now than pre-pandemic
Tuesday’s Headlines Need Exercise
Every hour in a car increases the risk of obesity by 6 percent, while walking a kilometer lowers it 5 percent.
January 13, 2026
Opinion: Stop Asking If People Want to Ride Bikes
"We shouldn’t be aiming to nudge a few percentage points in public opinion. Our goal should be to make freedom of mobility so compelling that people demand it."
January 13, 2026
When the Government Says You’re ‘Weaponizing’ Your Car
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers have been brutalizing and killing people who they perceive as threats. Is mass automobility multiplying their pretext to do it?
January 12, 2026
Should Monday’s Headlines Carry a Carrot or a Stick?
Human beings generally don't like being forced to do anything, so Grist wonders whether policies like car bans could actually be counterproductive?
January 12, 2026
Chicago Explores Black Perspectives on Public Transit
"We're not going to fix decades of inequitable investment in one year, and things like the high-frequency bus network and the Red Line Extension are really important, but the work isn't done."
