Wednesday’s Headlines Living Just Enough for the City
President Trump is tapping into an age-old sentiment when he attacks cities. They've endured worse over the years.
By
Blake Aued
12:01 AM EDT on October 22, 2025
- For centuries, dating back to Thomas Jefferson, Americans have experienced bouts of anti-city sentiment and idealized rural life. Yet as much as many of us like to complain about the crowds and the commotion, we’ll always be drawn to their vitality. (Governing)
- The folks behind the popular “The War on Cars” podcast have written a book, and David Zipper interviewed them for CityLab. The book, entitled “Life After Cars,” even taught such an expert as Streetsblog Senior Editor Kea Wilson a thing or two.
- Cellphone data showed Boston researchers that traditional methods of measuring trips massively undercount trips made on foot or the subway. (Tech Xplore)
- If anyone wants to know how New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s plan for fare-free buses would play out, they can look at Kansas City. (KCUR)
- The Seattle Times ran an in-depth article comparing Mayor Bruce Harrell and challenger Katie Wilson’s views on transit.
- There is no Plan B for transit funding if Charlotte-area voters don’t approve a transportation sales tax this fall. (Observer)
- A Colorado study found that removing minimum parking requirements will result in 460 addition housing units being built in Denver each year. (KUNC)
- A proposal for congestion pricing is bubbling up again in Los Angeles. (SoCal Transiteer)
- Philadelphia cyclists gathered at Fairmount Park to mourn one of their own and call attention to speeding drivers in the area. (WHYY)
- Minneapolis parents are trading in their minivans for cargo bikes. (North Country Public Radio)
- A new Milwaukee law allows police to tow cars whose owners have unpaid reckless driving tickets. (Urban Milwaukee)
- Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi hopes that four new stations and a million-dollar ad campaign will bring 25,000 new riders a day onto light rail. (Civil Beat)
- Turns out that famous rat-shaped hole in a Chicago sidewalk was more likely made by a squirrel or a muskrat. (NBC News)
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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