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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:

  • Wednesday’s Headlines Ride in Style
    by Blake Aued
    August 26, 2026
    Amtrak’s new trains sound like a win-win for passengers and the environment.
  • Tuesday’s Headlines Are a High Facts Zone
    by Blake Aued
    August 25, 2026
    Low-emissions zones work, but public backlash makes some politicians reluctant to embrace them.
  • Philadelphia Figured Out to Stop Double Parking — Will Other Cities Follow Suit?
    by ren1
    August 24, 2026
    Philadelphia’s automated enforcement pilot has reduced double parking and cleared loading zones for commercial vehicles in the year since it launched.
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