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The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.

Today’s newsletter brings you two different kinds of bullshitting in the name of safety from the federal government.

The first: Why USDOT Sec. Sean Duffy thinks that the correct response to a murder that happened earlier in the week on Charlotte, NC’s light rail is… cutting transit funding.

The second: The way to make D.C. ‘safer,’ according to car-driving feds, is to eliminate speed cameras and make it legal to turn right on red.

Check it out — plus the news from today’s headlines — in the links below.

  • Study: The Missing Ingredient in the Fight To End Car Crash Deaths is… Fewer Cars
    by Kea Wilson
    October 27, 2026
    The common denominator in every car crash is a car. So why don’t we talk about it?
  • Op-Ed: Toronto’s Bike Lane Fight Should Be a Wake Up Call for the US, Too
    by Kea Wilson
    October 27, 2026
    The people of Toronto have shown up big to protect their bike lanes from removal. Will Americans stand with them?
  • Six Days on the Road and Tuesday’s Headlines May Not Make It Home Tonight
    by Blake Aued
    October 27, 2026
    Jalopnik points out that there are certain vehicles that average people have no business driving.
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