The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.
Good morning! Today’s newsletter brings you a call-to-action from advocates who are urging Senators Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren to make sure the next major federal transportation bill delivers for the public transit sector, which has been systemically underfunded and faced steep structural barriers to expanding service for decades.
Plus: The new book Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation tells the tales of brave leaders breaking through the status quo to create cities and spaces that meet the needs of everyone — not just those with the greatest means or loudest voices. The book’s authors provide a preview of their new tome on Streetsblog.
How did parking lots swallow one of America’s hottest cities — and make it even hotter?
Centennial events downplay the violent history of one of America’s most “iconic” highways, and obscure how that violence persists to this day.
The U.S. is becoming a dying petrostate, while China leads the world in renewable energy.
“Affordable travel is not a fallback. It is what makes broad mobility possible.”
