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The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.

The last two months have been heartbreaking for sustainable transportation professionals and advocates in Chicago and Boston, where two hauntingly similar bike crashes took the lives of well-loved Complete Streets planners Riley O’Neil and Louisa Gag.

But there’s reason to be hopeful that these tragedies will spur new political support for Vision Zero efforts in these cities, and possibly have a ripple effect across the country.

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

A New US-Canada Bridge Opposed By Trump Has a One-of-a-Kind Bike Path
A New US-Canada Bridge Opposed By Trump Has a One-of-a-Kind Bike Path
By Ren Zaro Fitzgerald
August 19, 2026
The bike-ped path on the brand new Gordie Howe International Bridge opened on Aug. 5 despite the president’s opposition.
It’s Me, Wednesday’s Headlines, Hi, I’m the Problem, It’s Me
It’s Me, Wednesday’s Headlines, Hi, I’m the Problem, It’s Me
By Blake Aued
August 19, 2026
Is the next Taylor Swift, Drake, Bad Bunny or (insert popular artist here) album drop going to kill you?
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