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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Thursday’s Headlines Knock Down a Straw Man
Lack of regulations are the reason cars are so big, heavy, expensive and dangerous, not the regulations themselves.
Tuesday’s Headlines Fight Fire With Fire
Berkeley, Calif., is far from the only city where the fire department dictates transportation policy.
Monday’s Headlines Go Cold Turkey
Life is a highway, and Congress is going to ride it all night long.
Friday’s Post-Turkey Headlines Are on Autopilot
While we remain skeptical of driverless vehicles, they do sound nice while in a tryptophan stupor.
Wednesday’s Headlines Are Graded on a Curve
Maybe one reason the U.S. has so many traffic deaths is that it's so easy to get a driver's license compared to other countries.
Tuesday’s Headlines Are Burning Up
On climate change, the gap is growing between what governments are promising and doing, and neither is enough.
Monday’s Headlines Did Their Civic Duty
Around 80 percent of local transportation referendums passed muster with voters last week.
Friday’s Headlines Got Lucky
Crash data doesn't nearly capture the near misses cyclists have to endure.









