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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:

  • Friday’s Headlines Are on a Greyhound Bound for Nowhere
    by Blake Aued
    September 4, 2026
    Actually, intercity buses go a lot more places now.
  • Talking Headways Podcast: New Tricks for Old Bureaucracies
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    September 3, 2026
    “Strong reforms are necessary in California if we’re going to have public transit agencies that are successful,” says this week’s guest.
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