Boondoggles
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Can COVID-19 Finally Kill the Highway Boondoggle?
America was already faced with the need to make critical transportation investments. And then COVID-19 hit, upending travel patterns and undercutting the traditional sources of government transportation revenue.
December 11, 2020
Trump’s Road Grants Favor Red, Rural Projects
Obama's signature TIGER program became just another highway fund when President Trump rechristened it BUILD — but this may be the worst year yet.
September 18, 2020
City’s Previously Announced Secure Bike Parking Pilot Will Not Happen
July 10, 2020
Op Ed: We Shouldn’t Fix Some ‘Crumbling’ Highways
Americans shouldn't have to choose between building endless new highway miles and endlessly fixing the roads that destroy our places — because there are a lot of highways that deserve to be decommissioned.
July 8, 2020
Houston’s I-45 Project is More ‘Urban Renewal’ Racism
Racist highway policies of the 1940s and 1950s are still with us today.
June 8, 2020
Op-Ed: A $7.5B Boondoggle Advances in Austin
Austin just approved funding to expand its most notorious highway. It's bad news for public safety — and for their municipal budget.
March 2, 2020
Rural America Cashes In Under Trump
It's a great time to be living in the middle of nowhere as President Trump directs more transportation funds to his rural base.
December 5, 2019
Connecticut’s Transportation Plan Stymies Its Future
What is Gov. Ned Lamont doing building all these new roads to compete with transit?
November 19, 2019
Trump Shifts Obama Transit Funding to Roads
Obama allocated 28 percent of federal grants to transit. It's 8.5 percent under Trump. And funding for bike and pedestrian projects dropped to zero.
November 13, 2019
St. Louis’s Tourist Trolley Gets a Lifeline — But Is That Good News?
A tourist line was built with $25 million in federal transit money. Will the feds now make St. Louis pay for its mistake?
November 11, 2019
