Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Oklahoma

Oklahoma Turnpike Authority Stops Work on $15 Billion Turnpike Expansion

By Asia Mieleszko | Apr 21, 2023 | No Comments

Oklahoma’s freeway fighters are resting a little easier this week, having learned that the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) is halting all work related to the $15 billion turnpike expansion, ACCESS Oklahoma.

Biden’s First ‘Mega Grants’ Contain Some Mega Wins — And Mega Fails

By Kea Wilson | Feb 6, 2023 | No Comments

A new federal "megagrant" program will fund major safety and transit projects that have been at the top of sustainable transportation advocates' wishlists for years ... along with business-as-usual highway expansion projects that could negate those mega-gains.

San Francisco's Great Highway after it was given the "freeways to boulevard" treatment in April, 2020. But that was a COVID-era plan that may not be permanent.

These 15 Urban Highways Have Got to Go

By Kea Wilson | Jun 2, 2021 | No Comments

A leading advocacy group is calling for the removal of 15 urban highways built on land from which millions of BIPOC residents were forcibly displaced — including the site of the Tulsa race massacre of 1921.

Anti-Panhandling Law Loses at SCOTUS

By Kea Wilson | Apr 2, 2021 | No Comments

Good news: The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal that might have made it easier for cities to ban pedestrians rather than just fix roadways.

Oklahoma launched a new office to extend public transit to more rural areas in the state.

Oklahoma Gets Serious About Transit Sooner Than Later

By Aaron Short | Jul 9, 2019 | No Comments

Oklahoma — where the transit comes whipping down the plains.

Oklahoma DOT Dismisses Highway-to-Street-Grid Proposal in OKC

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 17, 2014 | 18 Comments

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation has rejected a proposal championed by residents of Oklahoma City to replace a highway segment with an interconnected street grid. Last year, a coalition that includes City Council Member Ed Shadid prevailed on the Federal Highway Administration to compel Oklahoma DOT to consider the consider the highway-street-grid idea, in addition to the […]

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