Today’s Headlines

The new federal Transportation Secretary's first official act aimed to rollback emissions standards. Plus more news.

Council Member Vickie Paladino says a Streetsblog editor should be punched in the face. It's just the latest example of her espousing violence. Plus other news.

The Queens Assembly Member says she'll advocate for people who have almost been hit by electric bicyclists. And what of the people who HAVE been struck by car drivers? Who advocates for them (we may know someone). Plus other news.

Unpaid MTA bridge and tunnel tolls may be an even bigger problem than previously understood. Plus more news.

Icy bike lanes posed hazards for New York City cyclists all week, but temperatures are finally going to get above freezing today. Plus more news.

As you may have noticed, one of my obsessions is how car culture has so deeply saturated American popular culture that most people don't even notice they're drowning in it. (I suppose that's what "culture" means — the unquestioning acceptance of stuff because "it's always been that way.") After all, no American alive can recall the days when our cities were not choked by cars, so it's completely natural to not think about how we could all be living different, better, car-free lives.

"The party left me," Eric Adams told Tucker Carlson about the Democrats. Plus other news.

There were a few references to some cherished livable streets issues in the 47th president's inaugural speech.

We are taking today off to honor Martin Luther King Jr. and watch a congestion pricing foe become president.