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TGIF! Today’s edition of the Streetsblog newsletter brings you the story of the more than 1,100 organizations and businesses that are telling House Republicans that they don’t want the same old car-centric surface transportation reauthorization this time around. Instead, they’re urging that the U.S. enhances “robust investments and safety provisions for bicycling and walking infrastructure” to keep America active and boost the economy.

Plus: This week’s episode of Talking Headways, where transportation planner Yonah Freemark returns to discuss the state of transit in the United States and around the world. We consider the long-term impacts of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, how to improve transit-oriented development, the future of transportation, and updates to one of Freemark’s projects, Transit Explorer.

Check out all that and more news headlines at the links below.

  • ‘Our Roads Are More Than Just Highways’: Democrats Urge U.S. Senate to Fund Transit Programs
    by Kea Wilson
    May 14, 2026
    A Trump administration proposal recommends massive cuts to popular programs – and it will cost American communities more than they can afford, Senate Democrats say.
  • Thursday’s Headlines Pump It Up
    by Blake Aued
    May 14, 2026
    Until you can feel it (gas prices, that is). But you don’t really need it (suspending gas taxes).
  • Study: Trump’s Transit Proposal Would Cost the Country So Many Jobs — And Not Just in Cities
    by Kea Wilson
    May 13, 2026
    … but an increase in funding would be a job-creating juggernaut.
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