The Claiborne Expressway in New Orleans is the nation's top candidate for a highway teardown, says the Congress for New Urbanism. Photo: The Advocate via CNU
Advocates in cities like Tulsa and New Orleans are fighting to remove urban freeways tore apart Black communities, but with only $1 billion in Reconnecting Communities funding available, state DOTs are pushing more modest plans. (Route Fifty)
Automakers made zero overall gains in fuel economy last year as the growing weight of trucks and SUVs offset any gains in efficiency. (Reuters)
Today’s parking garages are more attractive than those gray cement boxes from the 1970s, but cities still waste too much space storing cars. (City Lab)
Zipcar and ride-hailing didn’t do it, but experts are now predicting that car subscriptions will supplant owning, leasing or renting cars among the under-40 set. (Consumer Affairs)
Self-driving cars aren’t the future — bikes are. (Arch Daily)
If ever there were a rail project to hate, it’s probably this one in Mexico that’s destroying thousands of newly discovered Mayan artifacts, including whole villages buried in the jungle. (Washington Post)
Public art is usually mediocre, but when it’s done well, it can really liven up spaces like transit stations. (Seattle Times)
