Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Louisiana

Houses next to the Claiborne Expressway in Treme, New Orleans. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Cracking the Code on Fighting Highway Expansion Projects

By Amy Stelly | May 18, 2022 | No Comments

"Treme and the 7th Ward, like many neighborhoods across the country, are saddled with an aging, unsafe, polluting piece of highway infrastructure. We have to do something about it."

A protest against the Lower Manhattan Expressway, 1968.

Freeway Fighters Across the U.S. Are Joining Forces — And They Want You

By Kea Wilson | Apr 27, 2022 | No Comments

America's midcentury freeway revolts never really stopped — and now, the advocates behind them are joining forces to create what may be the largest organized national effort to prioritize communities over highways yet.

Amtrak hopes to restore its Sunset Limited line connecting New Orleans and Mobile within two years.

Roll Tide! Amtrak to Return to Gulf Coast

By Aaron Short | Jun 12, 2019 | 6 Comments

It's one of the few Amtrak projects that Republicans support, citing its potential for economic development in the region and for making it easier for tourists and business leaders to get around.

Wide, deadly streets are the norm in Baton Rouge, one of the deadliest cities for walking. Photo: Bike Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge Advocates Look to Tear Down Institutional Barriers to Safe Streets

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 9, 2018 | 10 Comments

One city where it's especially tough to implement safety improvements for walking and biking is Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Now the advocates at Bike Baton Rouge have mapped out a strategy to change that.

Buddy Amoroso, a Baton Rouge metro councilman, was killed riding his bike in June. Photo: Buddy Amoroso/Facebook

Biking Pol is Killed, So Louisiana Parish Blames Cyclists

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 6, 2018 | 11 Comments

Council members have proposed some dubiously legal requirements for cyclists including — true story — lasers.

Each of the proposed I-49 expansion routes run through the heart of the Shreveport community of Allendale. Red dots represent churches.

Highway Boondoggles: I-49 Inner City Connection in Shreveport, Louisiana

By Matt Casale and Gideon Weissman | Jul 3, 2018 | 12 Comments

Like the city-shredding monstrosities of the 20th Century, Shreveport's highway plan would slice through a black neighborhood.

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