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By Blake Aued

12:25 AM EDT on September 5, 2025

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Almost 100 leading climate scientists blasted a Trump administration report that downplays the threat of climate change. (The Guardian)
USA Today framed daylighting, which improves visibility for pedestrians crossing the street, as a fake war on drivers that will result in less parking and more tickets.
AI sucks in a lot of ways, but it can be useful for cyclists. (Momentum)
New York Rep. Jerry Nadler’s decision not to seek re-election means Congress will be losing a champion for transit. (Bloomberg)
Company policy forbids Uber drivers from carrying guns, but in permitless-carry red states like Tennessee, some of them do anyway. (WSMV)
After taking over Union Station in Washington, D.C., the Trump administration has set its sights on a Boston transit hub. (Harvard Crimson)
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell says he will cut red tape to reduce the cost of light rail projects. (My Northwest)
Both Black Lives Matter and pro-police murals were among 40 works of art removed in Tampa on the orders of the Trump administration and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. (Tampa Bay Times)
Streets.mn suggests that, with a federal government hostile to cyclists and pedestrians, Minnesota should put all transportation projects under one department focused on people.
Ann Arbor cops are no longer ticketing drivers for victimless offenses like broken taillights or cracked windshields, which are often used as pretexts for stopping Black men. (MLive)
Knoxville contracted a firm to conduct a study on crashes at intersections as part of its Vision Zero program. (News-Sentinel)
Here’s how you turn an empty Macy’s building into apartments. (Los Angeles Times)
It’s very unlikely, but disturbingly plausible, that you could actually fry an egg on a sidewalk. (The Takeout)
Zen and the Art of Not Trying to Drag Race Your Midlife Crisis Pandemic-Era Makeshift Camper Van. (The New York Times)

Blake Aued

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.

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