The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.
It’s Monday of what feels like the shortest work week of the year, so let’s just get straight to the news.
The last decade of progress with traffic fatalities in Austin, Texas doesn’t look like much from far away — but there’s a deeper story beyond the statistics that deserves to be heard, and might just help other cities weather the state and federal headwinds pushing against more progress. Kea Wilson takes a deep dive in her latest.
Plus: Streetsblog NYC goes across the river to Jersey City, where a former governor is plotting a comeback with a divisive, anti-safety campaign for mayor.
Check out all that and today’s headlines in the links below:
Hyperscale AI data centers and highways are both harmful forms of fossil fuel infrastructure that get built without much community input — and it’s time to fight back against both, one of our favorite podcasters argues.
Hyperscale AI data centers and highways are both harmful forms of fossil fuel infrastructure that get built without much community input — and it’s time to fight back against both, one of our favorite podcasters argues.
A survivor of a mass casualty reflects on what she’s learned about car culture, grief, and resilience.
There’s a downside to enforcing traffic laws when cities do it to raise revenue rather than to save lives.
