The Interchange

The United States faces a chance to end a cycle of costly highway expansion projects widely criticized as wasteful and to prioritize repair, transit, and safer streets. The focus is on curbing new lanes and redirecting transportation spending to maintain existing roads, expand public transport, and improve safety-focused infrastructure.

Many places attribute low walking rates to extreme weather, citing heat, cold, rain, or dryness. The central question is whether urban design and transport options enable walking regardless of conditions, with walkability shaped by how streets, shade, and destinations are arranged rather than by weather alone.

Daimler Truck North America records a third-quarter sales decline of 39%, with 30,225 trucks and buses delivered. The drop underscores a sharp contraction for a major commercial vehicle maker serving freight and passenger transport, highlighting a weaker quarter for the North American trucking and bus market.

Carney pitches an energy alliance to Donald Trump that includes the Keystone XL project. The outreach points to ambitions for expanded cross-border energy infrastructure and increased pipeline transport capacity, positioning oil and gas development as a strategic pillar of North American energy policy.