Highway Expansion
Basics
Award-Winning Bay Area Bridge Will Soon be a Failure
A plan to widen the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge somehow won an award for easing congestion even though it is certain to increase traffic.
June 11, 2019
What Happened When Larry Hogan Tried to Claim Wider Highways Would Help the Climate
A researcher speaks out against the Maryland governor's misuse of his data.
June 6, 2019
The Real Reason Roads Are In Bad Shape
States don't lack money for road maintenance. They just spend it on expensive new projects — ribbon cuttings! — instead.
May 15, 2019
A Great Big Freeway — Thanks to Induced Demand
Los Angeles is getting what it paid for when it widened 10 miles of its most infamous freeways — another lane of traffic.
May 8, 2019
The Top 10 U.S. Highways that Should be Torn Down
Aging highways present opportunity for cities to rebuild urban neighborhoods. Here are the top 10 highways that are ripe for teardown, according to CNU.
April 4, 2019
The Green New Deal Must Prioritize Transit, Group Says
Some early policy recommendations have started to take shape and they are pretty exciting.
April 2, 2019
Midwest Will Raise Gas Taxes — And Make Everything Worse
If Midwest states shovel billions more into highway widenings (likely), it could just increase maintenance costs and further undermine their cities.
March 7, 2019
Report: No to Infrastructure — Yes to Congestion Pricing
A new Brookings report says U.S. highway conditions have been improving every year for more than a decade, according to the Federal Highway Administration's own accounting.
February 14, 2019
Seattle’s Viadoom: The ‘Carmageddon’ That Wasn’t
We've seen this before: Freeways induce driving and when one closes people adapt their choices accordingly. There is no "carmageddon" after all.
January 24, 2019
Streetsies 2018: The True American Heroes
Activist moms. A can-do City Council president and even — shocking — a state DOT leader are this year's heroes.
December 28, 2018
