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The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.

Good morning and welcome back to the working week (TGIM, anyone?) !

Today’s newsletter brings you coverage from yesterday’s World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

Plus: Gersh Kuntzman takes a look at a new report that throws cold water on the gains won from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021. President Joe Biden said that the bill would represent “the most significant investment in passenger rail in the past 50 years and in public transit ever” … but instead that increase in spending is concentrated among highway projects.

Check out all that and more below:

  • Friday’s Headlines Got Charlie Brown Again
    by Blake Aued
    August 14, 2026
    Why won’t Democrats punt and then try a field goal if and when they take more power next year?
  • Friday Video: How Red Curbs and Bike Racks Can Save Lives
    by ren1
    August 14, 2026
    What is daylighting, and how can cities use it to increase street safety?
  • Trump’s New ‘Roadway Safety Strategy’ Leaves Out The Good Parts
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    August 14, 2026
    The Trump administration’s new blueprint for improving the nation’s poor road-safety record ignores well-established safety measures and leaves vulnerable road users completely out of the picture — a roadmap that advocates said would not change the ongoing road death crisis that is increasingly unique to the United States.
  • Talking Headways Podcast: The Bikeable Forest Of Texas (Yes, Texas!)
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    August 13, 2026
    Who knew that there was a town in Texas that even the Dutch would love?
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