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The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.

A breakthrough new tool will help cities pinpoint their hottest streets during heat waves and find ways to cool them down — and hopefully, keep people walking, biking, and waiting for the bus even on the most sweltering days.

Read all about it — and check out the rest of today’s news headlines — at the links 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.
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