The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.
Today’s newsletter features a dispatch from Streetsblog Chicago: Trump’s Federal Transit Administration chief Marc Molinaro scolded Chicago leaders about crime on public transportation in a recent op-ed in the Chicago Tribune. John Greenfield discusses the reality of crime on transit in and around the Windy City and how parachuting in soldiers is not the answer.
Plus: Kea Wilson takes a look at how a group of Memphis advocates are uniting to challenge car dependency and unravel its devastating impacts on residents.
How did parking lots swallow one of America’s hottest cities — and make it even hotter?
Centennial events downplay the violent history of one of America’s most “iconic” highways, and obscure how that violence persists to this day.
The U.S. is becoming a dying petrostate, while China leads the world in renewable energy.
“Affordable travel is not a fallback. It is what makes broad mobility possible.”
