An effort to raise the annual registration fees paid by the owners of electric vehicles in North Carolina has faltered, leaving the sponsors of the legislation to vow that they will try again.

Many Americans live in transit deserts – areas where demand for transit exceeds the supply. To fix these gaps, we need to find and map them so agencies can add transit options in the right places.

Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been experimenting with the idea that by making plants and trees glow brightly enough...