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The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.

Today’s newsletter brings you Kea Wilson’s take on a new study that analyzed the emotional reactions of thousands of volunteers to a trove of Google Street View images from 56 cities around the world — and found that streets described as “boring,” “depressing,” and “lively” correlated tightly with how many car crashes involving vulnerable road users actually happened where those photos were taken.

Read that and more below.

  • Is It Time for the Era of the ‘Bike-Car’?
    by Kea Wilson
    September 24, 2026
    A quirky “velomobile” company is plotting a comeback. Will Americans buy it?
  • Domo Arigato, Thursday’s Headlines
    by Blake Aued
    September 24, 2026
    Many of the headlines are about Mr. Roboto driving taxis.
  • Wednesday’s Headlines Are in the Eye of the Beholder
    by Blake Aued
    September 23, 2026
    Sen. Joni Ernst’s definition of a “boondoggle” is not the same as Streetsblog’s. Plus, the bike lane culture war rages on.
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