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The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.

Today on Streetsblog, we have Kea Wilson’s coverage of Waymap, an app that might make Washington, D.C. the first entire city and transit network in the world to be 100 percent navigable on a smartphone, even in the deepest reaches of its underground.

Plus, check out an op-ed from five transportation planning and engineering researchers sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s cancellation of at least nine transportation research projects focused on building inclusive, equitable mobility systems. 

  • 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.”
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