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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.

  • ‘Our Roads Are More Than Just Highways’: Democrats Urge U.S. Senate to Fund Transit Programs
    by Kea Wilson
    May 14, 2026
    A Trump administration proposal recommends massive cuts to popular programs – and it will cost American communities more than they can afford, Senate Democrats say.
  • Thursday’s Headlines Pump It Up
    by Blake Aued
    May 14, 2026
    Until you can feel it (gas prices, that is). But you don’t really need it (suspending gas taxes).
  • Study: Trump’s Transit Proposal Would Cost the Country So Many Jobs — And Not Just in Cities
    by Kea Wilson
    May 13, 2026
    … but an increase in funding would be a job-creating juggernaut.
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