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The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.

Today’s newsletter brings you news about the public reaction to Sean Duffy’s dual role as USDOT secretary and also interim NASA administrator. Advocates say that it’s ludicrous to even think about putting a nuclear reactor on the moon when there are so many problems ravaging Earth, including how to generate clean energy and greening the transportation sector, which is America’s largest contributor to climate change.

Read that and more below:

  • Tuesday’s Headlines Have Long COVID
    by Blake Aued
    May 26, 2026
    More on transit and passenger rail’s slow recovery from the pandemic.
  • How Phoenix’s ‘Invisible’ Parking Lots Are Making Its Heat Problems Worse
    by ren1
    May 26, 2026
    How did parking lots swallow one of America’s hottest cities — and make it even hotter?
  • 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.
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