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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regulation that can continue to create safer vehicles, the Trump administration has taken a deregulatory approach and rescinded 12 proposed regulations that would have updated the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.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:

  • Friday Video: Everybody Loves to Ride the D (The New D Train in LA, That Is)
    by Kea Wilson
    May 15, 2026
    It’s Woodstock for NUMTOTs — minus the mud and free love.
  • Friday’s Broken-Down Headlines
    by Blake Aued
    May 15, 2026
    Sidewalks are too often neglected, but there are ways for cities to step up and fix these essential public spaces.
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