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The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.

Today’s email update focuses on national efforts to rein in the worst of the worst drivers with simple technology that forces them to drive the speed limit (which makes sense because, after all, a speed limit is supposed to be a speed limit … for all drivers).

Plus today’s headlines, and a few stories from yesterday that you might have missed.

  • When the Battles Against Harmful Highways and Hyper-Scale Data Centers Collide
    by Kea Wilson
    September 22, 2026
    Hyperscale AI data centers and highways are both harmful forms of fossil fuel infrastructure that get built without much community input — and it’s time to fight back against both, one of our favorite podcasters argues.
  • Tuesday’s Headlines Are a Speed Trap
    by Blake Aued
    September 22, 2026
    There’s a downside to enforcing traffic laws when cities do it to raise revenue rather than to save lives.
  • What Would It Take to Get ‘Fast, Free Buses’ Nationwide?
    by Kea Wilson
    September 21, 2026
    It might sound crazy — but is it crazy enough to work, even as governments take aim at steep transit cuts?
  • The Five Questions Every Community Should Ask Itself Before It Debuts a New Bike Path
    by Kea Wilson
    September 21, 2026
    …or plaza, or transit route, or any other investment in public space
  • Monday’s Headlines Are Overall Country, Overall Clean
    by Blake Aued
    September 21, 2026
    Rural communities can hardly support transit as it is, and they’ll be hurt worst by Republicans’ transportation bill.
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