Highway Boondoggles 2020: Southeast Connector, Texas
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This $1.6-billion project would also use valuable state resources even as basic transit needs in Fort Worth go unmet.
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Highway Boondoggles 2020: Texas' Loop 1604
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In this year’s installment of its annual Highway Boondoggles report, U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Frontier Group warn of billions of dollars in proposed spending on unnecessary highway projects that would divide our communities, deprive transit of scarce funds, and pollute our air and water. Below is the second of seven installments detailing these harmful projects. The Texas Department of Transportation […]
Houston’s I-45 Project is More ‘Urban Renewal’ Racism
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Racist highway policies of the 1940s and 1950s are still with us today.
Bird Hatches an Electric Moped — and Big Questions
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The shared scooter/bike giant is adding a new vehicle to its fleet, starting with Austin.
Op-Ed: A $7.5B Boondoggle Advances in Austin
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Austin just approved funding to expand its most notorious highway. It's bad news for public safety — and for their municipal budget.
Red States Help U.S. Miss Climate Targets
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Why can't our country solve its emissions problem? Because we are effectively two nations: A blue nation that is committed to fighting climate change, and a Trump nation that is not.