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The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.

Today on Streetsblog, we have Kea Wilson’s report on how an unplowed sidewalk in St. Louis led to the death of a mother—and the critical injury of her toddler son. Plus lawmakers attack high-speed rail, a record number of children killed on NYC’s streets in 2024, plus more.

  • A high-speed rail station in Beijing.
    Talking Headways Podcast: The Long Road to Real Transit Progress
    by J.K. Trotter
    October 8, 2026
    Jeff Wood and Reece Martin discuss China’s lessons for American infrastructure.
  • Thursday’s Headlines Are Another Front in the Culture War
    by Blake Aued
    October 8, 2026
    David Zipper explains how transportation, once an issue with broad consensus, became politically polarized.
  • Does the ‘Week Without Driving’ Give Car-Free Living A Bad Rap?
    by Kea Wilson
    October 8, 2026
    Nope; automobility does that! But there’s more we can do to highlight the benefits of active and shared transportation, and demand even better for people outside vehicles.
  • How Your City Can Pass Its Federal Transit Equity Test and Still Fail Riders
    by Kea Wilson
    October 8, 2026
    “A system that looks fair on paper only because it pushed everyone else into a car is not equitable.”
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