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The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.

TGIF! Settle in with this week’s Friday Video about how ditching the myth that Amtrak needs to make money could hold the key to making it better than ever.

And don’t forget to read more Streetsblog articles to cap off the work week — check them out below:

  • How Phoenix’s ‘Invisible’ Parking Lots Are Making Its Heat Problems Worse
    by ren1
    May 26, 2026
    How did parking lots swallow one of America’s hottest cities — and make it even hotter?
  • The Forgotten History of ‘Bloody 66’ And How Public Memory Helps Perpetuate Traffic Violence
    by ren1
    May 25, 2026
    Centennial events downplay the violent history of one of America’s most “iconic” highways, and obscure how that violence persists to this day.
  • Friday’s Headlines Are in Decline
    by Blake Aued
    May 22, 2026
    The U.S. is becoming a dying petrostate, while China leads the world in renewable energy.
  • Spirit’s Shutdown Exposes America’s Fragile Affordable Travel System
    by ren1
    May 22, 2026
    “Affordable travel is not a fallback. It is what makes broad mobility possible.”
  • A train passes over the Downtown Greenway in Greensboro, North Carolina.
    Talking Headways Podcast: Greensboro’s Downtown Greenway
    by J.K. Trotter
    May 21, 2026
    Dabney Sanders explains how Greensboro’s Downtown Greenway came together.
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