The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.
Welcome back to the working week as we enter the dog days of summer.
Today’s newsletter brings you a deeper look at new report from the nation’s top government watchdog: The Government Accountability Office found that as of April 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation had yet to sign formal agreements for a stunning 41 percent of the funding promised to communities under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which provides the baseline federal funding for America’s entire surface transportation network.
Read Kea Wilson’s analysis and all of today’s headlines below:
It’s Woodstock for NUMTOTs — minus the mud and free love.
Sidewalks are too often neglected, but there are ways for cities to step up and fix these essential public spaces.
Law Professor Michael Pollack on who manages, owns and feels ownership of sidewalks — “America’s most overlooked resource.”
