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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:

  • Study: The Missing Ingredient in the Fight To End Car Crash Deaths is… Fewer Cars
    by Kea Wilson
    October 27, 2026
    The common denominator in every car crashes is a car. So why don’t we talk about it?
  • Six Days on the Road and Tuesday’s Headlines May Not Make It Home Tonight
    by Blake Aued
    October 27, 2026
    Jalopnik points out that there are certain vehicles that average people have no business driving.
  • Why Deadly, Illegal E-Motos Are On The Rise – And Why E-Bikes Are Being Blamed When They Crash
    by Kea Wilson
    October 26, 2026
    …and what we can do to protect our kids *and* the e-bike revolution.
  • Monday’s Great Smokey Headlines
    by Blake Aued
    October 26, 2026
    While other countries work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the U.S. is moving in the opposite direction.
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