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Welcome to the 2024-5 school year! Is the street at your kid’s school safe? Would you feel OK letting Little Tommy or Tammy walk there by themselves? Yes, we all want safe school buildings, but as our colleagues at Streetsblog NYC have shown, the roads in front of schools are unsafe too. Want to share a story? Email Kea Wilson by clicking here.

  • The Forgotten History of ‘Bloody 66’ And How Public Memory Helps Perpetuate Traffic Violence
    by ren1
    May 25, 2026
    Centennial events downplay the violent history of one of America’s most “iconic” highways, and obscure how that violence persists to this day.
  • Friday’s Headlines Are in Decline
    by Blake Aued
    May 22, 2026
    The U.S. is becoming a dying petrostate, while China leads the world in renewable energy.
  • Spirit’s Shutdown Exposes America’s Fragile Affordable Travel System
    by ren1
    May 22, 2026
    “Affordable travel is not a fallback. It is what makes broad mobility possible.”
  • A train passes over the Downtown Greenway in Greensboro, North Carolina.
    Talking Headways Podcast: Greensboro’s Downtown Greenway
    by J.K. Trotter
    May 21, 2026
    Dabney Sanders explains how Greensboro’s Downtown Greenway came together.
  • Can Neighborhood Block Parties Unite A Broken America?
    by Kea Wilson
    May 21, 2026
    The best way to celebrate the nation’s birthday might not be a road trip to a national treasure; it might be just a few steps outside your front door.
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