Republicans want the upcoming surface transportation bill to require EV owners to pay more. Democrats want it to address climate change. And businesses see it as a way to overhaul how federal permits are awarded.
Why it matters: With that many competing interests, there's a higher risk that Congress won't be able to pass a bill quickly —and a lapse could create funding gaps or uncertainties for fixing roads and other projects.
Even with rising costs, power is a small slice of what Big Tech spends on data centers.
Why it matters: This is why deep-pocketed tech companies are voluntarily offering up pledges to pay for their own power. To them, it's just not that much money.
The New York, Boston and Portland, Oregon, metros have the country's safest roadways, per StreetLight Data's new "U.S. Safe Streets Index."
That's based on five key factors among the 100 biggest U.S. metros: vehicle miles traveled, different speeds between vehicles, speed-based pedestrian risk, speeding in residential zones, and truck activity.
The big picture: "Larger metros tend to perform better overall for roadway safety, despite popular misconceptions that big cities are more dangerous," said the transportation analytics firm.
