Politics Archives — Streetsblog USA

Sustainable Transportation Can Ease the Affordability Crisis — And Help Climate Champions Win

Economic populism helped vault Trump into power. Could a green version of it take that power back — and what role would transportation play?

Streetsblog

May 19, 2026

Sustainable Transportation Can Ease the Affordability Crisis — And Help Climate Champions Win

Politics

What the ‘Abundance’ Agenda Could Mean For Equitable Transportation

Could Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's buzzword usher in an era of bountiful transportation options, or just more highways?

Kea Wilson

January 20, 2026

Talking Headways

Talking Headways Podcast: Fighting to Win

Carter Lavin talks with Jeff Wood about the necessity of messy politics in obtaining street safety.

Jeff Wood

December 18, 2025

Transit

‘I’m Always on the Bus’: How Transit Advocacy Helped Katie Wilson Become Seattle’s Next Mayor

"I really think that our public transit system is such a big part of people's daily experience of government," says the incoming mayor of the Emerald City.

Kea Wilson

December 8, 2025

Streetsblog NYC |Special Features

Elise Stefanik Wants to Be NY Governor — Yet Says Nothing About Transit

Her campaign launch suggest her intent to use transit as a political pawn to stoke fear.

J.K. Trotter

November 10, 2025

Transit Advocacy

Katie Wilson’s Success in Seattle Shows Again that Urbanism Is A Winning Campaign Issue

The transit advocate's strong early performance in Seattle's mayoral primary is rekindling a national conversation about the power of bold transportation reform to win at the ballot box.

Kea Wilson

August 11, 2025

Streetsblog NYC |Congestion Pricing

Congestion Pricing is Back — But Why Did It Ever Go Anywhere in the First Place?

The gridlock governor threw herself a celebratory press conference on Tuesday and tried to explain why this time she really did support the traffic toll.