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The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.

America is vastly undercharging its drivers for the roads they use even as the cost to build and maintain highways soars, a new report confirms — and it would be better for everyone, including motorists themselves, if Congress pursued new strategies beyond just the gas tax to get drivers to pay their fair share and stop the mega-project madness that’s made our transportation system so expensive in the first place.

Read more from Kea Wilson — and check out all of today’s news headlines — at the links below.

  • Exclusive Excerpt: ‘Gridlock’ Sam’s Autonomous Car Thriller, ‘Autokill’
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    August 12, 2026
    The year is 2036. Autonomous Vehicles are everywhere. But when one of them kills a pedestrian, a federal “cybermarshal” wonders if it was just an “accident” … or something sinister.
  • Wednesday’s Headlines Cut Emissions in Half
    by Blake Aued
    August 12, 2026
    Of course walking and biking are emissions-free, but research increasingly shows replacing a gas car with an EV usually carries significant environmental benefits.
  • Tuesday’s Headlines Build It and They Will Come
    by Blake Aued
    August 11, 2026
    De we build infrastructure where people are already biking, or does the infrastructure encourage people to bike?
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