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The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.

We missed yesterday’s newsletter, but never fear: Today’s edition brings you news from NYC about the future of the Second Avenue Subway in light of a funding blockage held over from the government shutdown, a look at a dangerous driving tactic used by ICE agents and the possibility of New Jersey’s e-bike law spreading to other states.

Read all that (and even more!) below:

  • Friday Video: Inside the Global Far-Right Push To Rip Out Bike Lanes
    by Kea Wilson
    October 23, 2026
    Toronto might be in the center of the fight to resist bike lane teardown today. But if some far-right politicians have their way, this fight won’t be the last.
  • Friday’s Headlines Shoot Themselves in the Foot
    by Blake Aued
    October 23, 2026
    Gas taxes pay for transit, too, so what happens when politicians pander to voters, and the highway trust fund runs dry?
  • Talking Headways Podcast: A More Humanized Experience in Honolulu
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    October 22, 2026
    If we look transit just as a distance issue, but as a time issue, performance should be discussed as one big whole.
  • Our Best Bet To Confront Climate Change in the Trump Era? Build More Apartments
    by Kea Wilson
    October 22, 2026
    Most climate strategies are hamstrung by Washington and culture wars across the country. But zoning reform may be the exception.
  • What ‘Flying Cars’ Could Mean For US Car Culture
    by Kea Wilson
    October 22, 2026
    Would fleets of flying cars be a dystopian nightmare, or a chance to create more walkable cities on the ground?
  • Thursday’s Headlines Play the Blame Game
    by Blake Aued
    October 22, 2026
    Cities and states mostly work hand-in-hand to encourage sprawl, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
  • ‘Premeditated Road Violence’: Toronto Protestors Block Bike Lane Removal
    by Kea Wilson
    October 21, 2026
    Toronto advocates are putting their bodies on the line to protect a bike lane the province wants to rip out — and and to fight a wave of anti-bike lane sentiment that this writer warns is sweeping the whole continent.
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