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The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.

Today’s newsletter brings analysis from Kristina Curtiss which pushes back against a claim from the NHTSA that newer vehicles are “safer than ever before” — safer for who? Instead of prioritizing regulation that can continue to create safer vehicles, the Trump administration has taken a deregulatory approach and rescinded 12 proposed regulations that would have updated the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. 

So Curtiss argues it’s time for the states to take up the safety mantle.

Read that and more news below:

  • What Would It Take to Get ‘Fast, Free Buses’ Nationwide?
    by Kea Wilson
    September 21, 2026
    It might sound crazy — but is it crazy enough to work, even as governments take aim at steep transit cuts?
  • Monday’s Headlines Are Overall Country, Overall Clean
    by Blake Aued
    September 21, 2026
    Rural communities can hardly support transit as it is, and they’ll be hurt worst by Republicans’ transportation bill.
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