Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Infrastructure

Rail Problem: House GOP Wants to Undermine Trains Exactly When We Need Them Most

By Aaron Short | May 26, 2023 | No Comments

The future of interstate rail travel is in jeopardy if the White House caves to House Republican spending cuts as part of the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations, advocates say.

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For Safer, Greener Streets, Cities Must Speed Up and Fund Infrastructure: Report

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 18, 2023 | No Comments

A study by the Regional Plan Association offers a new analysis into why infrastructure in New York City costs more than in other cities and countries around the world. And offers solutions that likely go behind the Big Apple.

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Not a Surprise: 101 Freeway Widening Shows Negative Results

By Roger Rudick | Apr 12, 2023 | No Comments

Engineer on 101 project admits $600 million freeway widening accomplished nothing

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“Carmageddon” by Discusses How Our Society Became So Auto-centric

By Michael Lynch | Mar 31, 2023 | No Comments

His advice for people inspired by his book to try to fix this? “I think my advice would be ‘Be louder’, because you are quite numerous. There's more of you than you think.”

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Mayoral Candidates Say They’d Dismantle Chicago’s Livesaving Speed Cams

By John Greenfield | Mar 29, 2023 | No Comments

It's disappointing that even politicians who claim to care about public safety and transportation equity have a blind spot when it comes to automated enforcement, which protects the most vulnerable Chicagoans, simply because traffic cameras are unpopular with drivers.

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New Report Looks at How Poor Infra and Unfair Enforcement Can Limit Freedom of Movement for Black Americans

By Cameron Bolton | Mar 28, 2023 | No Comments

The report report suggests that cities like Chicago not only need to provide equitable safety infrastructure in communities of color, they also need to rethink traffic law enforcement in order to remove barriers to mobility.

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