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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. 

  • ‘Our Roads Are More Than Just Highways’: Democrats Urge U.S. Senate to Fund Transit Programs
    by Kea Wilson
    May 14, 2026
    A Trump administration proposal recommends massive cuts to popular programs – and it will cost American communities more than they can afford, Senate Democrats say.
  • Thursday’s Headlines Pump It Up
    by Blake Aued
    May 14, 2026
    Until you can feel it (gas prices, that is). But you don’t really need it (suspending gas taxes).
  • Study: Trump’s Transit Proposal Would Cost the Country So Many Jobs — And Not Just in Cities
    by Kea Wilson
    May 13, 2026
    … but an increase in funding would be a job-creating juggernaut.
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