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The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.

A new study argues that the notorious anti-development figure known as the NIMBY, for Not In My Backyard, has an equally toxic cousin in the transportation realm: the NOMS, or Not On My Street.

And the researcher who coined the new term warns that U.S. communities will struggle to achieve lasting change until they reckon with the outsized influence of NOMS and their disturbing car-first ideology.

Dive into that story (and read a whole lot more) at the links below.

  • Friday Video: Urbanists on Bakfiets Talking Cities
    by Kea Wilson
    September 11, 2026
    Move over, Jerry Seinfeld.
  • Anyone Can Access Friday’s Headlines
    by Blake Aued
    September 11, 2026
    Just putting a bike in someone’s hands is the best way to get them to ride one.
  • I Care About E-Bike Safety 0.02 Percent of The Time
    by Kea Wilson
    September 11, 2026
    Click-bait media outlets would have you think we should drop everything and do something about the scary threat of battery-powered bicycles and battery-powered motorcycles. But are either the biggest threat that road users face?
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