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The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.

Welcome back to Monday.

Today’s top story is from Kea Wilson, who discusses the killing of Renee Nicole Good through the frame of automobility: When do the powerful ignore traffic violence in the interest in keeping cars moving, or selectively decide that the threat of automotive violence is an acceptable pretext for other kinds of deadly force?

Plus more news in today’s headlines:

  • Exclusive Excerpt: ‘Gridlock’ Sam’s Autonomous Car Thriller, ‘Autokill’
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    August 12, 2026
    The year is 2036. Autonomous Vehicles are everywhere. But when one of them kills a pedestrian, a federal “cybermarshal” wonders if it was just an “accident” … or something sinister.
  • Wednesday’s Headlines Cut Emissions in Half
    by Blake Aued
    August 12, 2026
    Of course walking and biking are emissions-free, but research increasingly shows replacing a gas car with an EV usually carries significant environmental benefits.
  • Tuesday’s Headlines Build It and They Will Come
    by Blake Aued
    August 11, 2026
    De we build infrastructure where people are already biking, or does the infrastructure encourage people to bike?
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