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Friday Video: The Secret History of Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service
...and what it means for new passenger rail service across America.
Streetsblog
December 18, 2025
Denver Activists Hijack Road Signs To Decry The Dangers of Automobility
Plus: a few suggestions for holiday-themed hackers.
Streetsblog
December 16, 2025
The Real Reason America Can’t Have The Tiny Japanese-Style Cars Trump Says He Wants
Trump is right that kei cars are super-kawaii — but he's wrong that clearing the regulatory decks is enough to bring them to U.S. shores.
December 15, 2025
A Grander Grand Avenue: What 430 Oakland Neighbors Told Us
The results were clear: 92.6% support the Community Alternative Design, compared to just 7.4% for OakDOT’s proposal
Arielle Fleisher
December 11, 2025
‘I’m Always on the Bus’: How Transit Advocacy Helped Katie Wilson Become Seattle’s Next Mayor
"I really think that our public transit system is such a big part of people's daily experience of government," says the incoming mayor of the Emerald City.
December 7, 2025
Want Vancouver Skytrain in San Diego? Support People Mover to the Airport.
Vancouver is not alone in running people movers on urban rail networks. Copenhagen built its entire 26.9-mile metro using the same technology used on a Saudi Arabian university’s APM.
The post Want Vancouver Skytrain in San Diego? Support People Mover to the Airport. appeared first on Streetsblog California.
Alex Wong
November 20, 2025
Talking Headways Podcast: Emotional Consumption in China
High-speed rail has completely transformed the country. Think about that sentence: "High-speed rail has completely transformed the country." When was the last time something positive like that happened here?
November 20, 2025
World Day of Remembrance: ‘My Brother Did Not Die in Vain’
A drunk driver killed Kevin Cruickshank while he was biking in New York City. The movement for safer streets showed me that my brother did not die in vain.
Sarah Witt
November 15, 2025
St. Louis Competition Gets College Students Onboard Transit
Advocates pit five colleges together into a friendly competition to ride transit, highlighting its benefits.
Jack Guan
November 12, 2025
Is Rad Power Bikes Riding into the Sunset?
Seattle-based e-bike giant Rad Power Bikes has filed official notice to Washington State as well as the company’s 64 Washington employees that the company could end operations “as early as January 2026.”
A Nov. 7 filing with the state (PDF) warns both...
Tom Fucoloro
November 11, 2025
