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The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.

Today’s headlines include: A Vox story about self-driving cars and traffic jams, priority bus lanes being tested in Nashville, and the continued fallout from the tragic light-rail stabbing death in North Carolina.

Plus: How does your community measure up on America Walks’s walkability index?

  • Exclusive Excerpt: ‘Gridlock’ Sam’s Autonomous Car Thriller, ‘Autokill’
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    August 12, 2026
    The year is 2036. Autonomous Vehicles are everywhere. But when one of them kills a pedestrian, a federal “cybermarshal” wonders if it was just an “accident” … or something sinister.
  • Wednesday’s Headlines Cut Emissions in Half
    by Blake Aued
    August 12, 2026
    Of course walking and biking are emissions-free, but research increasingly shows replacing a gas car with an EV usually carries significant environmental benefits.
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