Highway Expansion
Basics
The Mythology of HOT Lanes
In July Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe stood on the platform of a train station in Alexandria to announce that the U.S. Department of Transportation had granted $165 million for the Atlantic Gateway project.
September 27, 2016
Toledo Neighbors Fight Back Against City’s Plan to Widen Their Road
Roseanne Martinez has lived at the corner of Secor and Bancroft Roads, just over the border from Toledo, for almost 30 years.
August 15, 2016
Houston’s Big Chance to Turn Back the Tide of Car Traffic
There's a lot riding on Texas DOT's $7 billion plan for downtown Houston freeways.
June 29, 2016
4 Ways Road Builders Game the Numbers to Justify Highways
The people who make the case for highways often present themselves as unbiased technicians, simply providing evidence to an audience subject to irrational bias.
June 23, 2016
Texas DOT Seems Open to a Downtown Dallas Highway Removal
Will Texas embrace a model of mobility that works well for cities, instead of tearing them up with wider highways?
June 13, 2016
Clinton Pledges to Make a Big Infrastructure Push in Her First 100 Days
The industry groups behind last week's "Infrastructure Week" campaign got exciting news today when presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton announced she's going to make a big $275 billion "infrastructure" push in her first 100 days.
May 25, 2016
The Tragic History of Highways Demolishing Cities — It’s Not Over Yet
This video from Vox provides an excellent overview of how the Interstate Highway System wiped out whole city neighborhoods in the post-war era.
May 23, 2016
The Problem With “Infrastructure Week”
You may have noticed that it's "Infrastructure Week" in America -- a time where engineering and construction industry groups beat the drum for more money, using big numbers and images of collapsing bridges.
May 20, 2016
Highway Propaganda Vids Sell City Residents on the Wonders of Wider Roads
It's not enough for highway builders to carve out land at great public expense so they can jam more cars into cities. Now they want you to believe their projects are great for the neighborhoods that bear the brunt of the added traffic and pollution.
May 3, 2016
Will Cleveland Finally Get Serious About Confronting Sprawl?
The Cleveland region has been struggling with sprawl for a long time.
April 22, 2016