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The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.

Today’s main story takes a look at a new report from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, which found that America is spending more than one-quarter of a trillion dollars each year on our highway system — roughly half of which comes from general tax revenues sourced from all U.S. residents, whether they drive or not.

Read that and more of today’s news at the links below:

  • How Phoenix’s ‘Invisible’ Parking Lots Are Making Its Heat Problems Worse
    by ren1
    May 26, 2026
    How did parking lots swallow one of America’s hottest cities — and make it even hotter?
  • The Forgotten History of ‘Bloody 66’ And How Public Memory Helps Perpetuate Traffic Violence
    by ren1
    May 25, 2026
    Centennial events downplay the violent history of one of America’s most “iconic” highways, and obscure how that violence persists to this day.
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