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:
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.”
