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September 24, 2026
The Federal EV Fee Is a Four-Cent Meter
Congress found the broken meter and installed a coin slot. The new federal EV fee raises four cents for every dollar the Highway Trust Fund is short. The honest fix is in the same bill, and parking already knows how to build it.
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Deep Dive Reports · Behavior and Demand
September 1, 2026
Ghost Plates and the Broken Gas Tax
A license plate is a 124-year-old credential anyone can forge. That single flaw is draining billions from tolls, taxes, and the roads themselves.
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