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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Monday’s Modest Headlines
A new online atlas looking at nine metrics for sustainable transit shows that it's not the size of the system that matters, it's how many people it serves.
Friday’s Headlines Spark Fireworks
Happy Fourth of July! Housing and transit writer Darrell Owens ponders why so few Americans seem to care about all the deaths caused by cars and drivers.
Wednesday’s Headlines Believe in Monsters
And so does the CEO of Ford. That's how he described some vehicles while calling for a shift to smaller EVs as pedestrian deaths remain high.
Tuesday’s Headlines Reign Supreme
The Biden administration could see many of its climate change rules, including restricting tailpipe emissions, reversed after the Supreme Court limited the extent to which federal agencies can interpret laws.
Monday’s Headlines Are Overflowing
Lots of news today, from a slew of U.S. DOT grants to an Uber and Lyft settlement in Massachusetts to a major Red Line announcement.
Friday’s Headlines Stretch Our Legs
A decline in pedestrian deaths seems like good news, but A) they're still really high, and B) it might be because people aren't walking as much.
Thursday’s Headlines Are Running 15 Minutes Late
15-minute city advocates have a lot of work to do to prove the idea will be feasible in the U.S., a pair of recent articles argue.
Wednesday’s Headlines Feel the Noise
Children forced to listen to loud traffic outside their schools show problems with reading, memory and attention span, studies show.
Tuesday’s Headlines Turn Up the Heat
The ongoing global heat wave has environmental scientists worried that manmade climate change is happening even faster than previously thought, the Washington Post reports — and our addiction to automobiles is still driving the change.
Monday’s Headlines Get Money
President Biden's proposed budget includes billions for transit but even more billions for roads. How will Congress react?