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The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.

It’s Monday of what feels like the shortest work week of the year, so let’s just get straight to the news.

The last decade of progress with traffic fatalities in Austin, Texas doesn’t look like much from far away — but there’s a deeper story beyond the statistics that deserves to be heard, and might just help other cities weather the state and federal headwinds pushing against more progress. Kea Wilson takes a deep dive in her latest.

Plus: Streetsblog NYC goes across the river to Jersey City, where a former governor is plotting a comeback with a divisive, anti-safety campaign for mayor.

Check out all that and today’s headlines in the links below:

  • Motorist Careens onto North Beach Sidewalk, Killing Pedestrian
    by The Editorial Team
    March 6, 2026

    Driver kills pedestrian at another location where a safety project festered

    The post Motorist Careens onto North Beach Sidewalk, Killing Pedestrian appeared first on Streetsblog San Francisco.

  • Streetsblog senior editor Kea Wilson sits down with Tiffanie Stanfield of Fighting H.A.R.D. to discuss hit-and-run crashes
    Friday Video: The H.A.R.D. Fight Against Hit-and-Runs
    by J.K. Trotter
    December 12, 2025
    Streetsblog USA senior editor Kea Wilson sits down with Tiffanie Stanfield of Fighting H.A.R.D.
  • Wednesday’ Headlines Are on Autopilot
    by Blake Aued
    December 10, 2025
    Don’t be afraid of regulating driverless cars out of existence, writes Angie Schmitt. The industry needs guardrails.
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