Thursday’s Headlines Live to Fight Another Day
Congestion pricing won a major court victory that suggests it's here to stay, and could eventually open the door for other cities to follow New York's lead.
By
Blake Aued
12:01 AM EDT on May 29, 2025
- In a case being watched by transit and safe transportation advocates all over the country, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from ending congestion pricing in Lower Manhattan while the case works its way through the courts. (New York Times, Streetsblog NYC)
- Every city in North America should ban right turns on red, according to Momentum Mag.
- Teens are less likely to get a driver’s license because of Uber, says CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. (Business Insider)
- Led by Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City, El Paso and Miami, many U.S. cities have made progress building walkable neighborhoods in recent years. The Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley built a searchable database; keep an eye on the site for a recorded webinar about it, hosted by Streetsblog’s Kea Wilson.
- A Friday deadline looms for Illinois lawmakers to find a solution for the fiscal cliff Chicago transit agencies are facing. (CBS News)
- Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is replacing a $200 million streetcar that’s less than 10 years old with a bus. (WaPost)
- Denver’s light rail “slow zones” have ended as repairs are now complete. (Denverite)
- A Salt Lake City group created a human-buffered bike lane to raise awareness of the need to protect cyclists. (Fox 13)
- The Detroit suburb of Royal Oak is considering replacing car lanes with bike lanes or greenspace. (Click on Detroit)
- Cleveland is making two downtown streets one-way to protect cyclists and pedestrians. (Ideastream)
- Lime’s newest shared e-bike model recently debuted in Atlanta. (Rough Draft)
- Railway Age interviewed the corporate executive behind Philadelphia transit agency SEPTA’s new light rail rolling stock.
- The Congress for New Urbanism lauded a plan to revitalize a failed midcentury planned community in Arkansas. (Public Square)
- What’s it like for a teenager to grow up car-free in Chicago? (Streetsblog CHI)
- The shortest railway in the world is a 300-foot funicular that’s been operating in L.A. for a century. (Secret Los Angeles)
Blake Aued has been doing Streetsblog's daily national news digest for years. He's also an Atlanta Braves fan, which enrages his editor in New York.
Read More:
More from Streetsblog USA
How to Fight a Freeway 101
A new guide gives advocates the basics to building a campaign against harmful infrastructure in their neighborhoods — and the best time to start is now.
November 9, 2026
Monday’s Headlines Come Heavy or Not at All
The Transport Workers Union takes aim at Amtrak's new policy allowing guns onboard trains.
November 9, 2026
The California DMV’s Culture of Obstruction
California’s DMV is responsible for managing some of the biggest risks on the state’s roads, but researchers say a culture of secrecy and obstruction makes it nearly impossible for the public to access basic information about dangerous drivers and disabled parking placard fraud.
November 6, 2026
Opinion: I (Almost) Killed a Pedestrian With My Car
Every driver has a story or two about a near-miss traffic crash, even when they were doing everything right. Can we get those numbers down with safer systems?
November 6, 2026
