Infrastructure
Basics
Metra hints that it may eventually move to a less 9-to-5-focused train schedule
February 1, 2021
Could a network of Slow Streets circuits speed pandemic recovery?
January 27, 2021
Should the CTA adopt women-only transit? Interviews with Chicago women suggest yes
January 15, 2021
Senate Considering $10B for Highway Removal
Cities might soon get the kind of federal money they need to tear down the downtown highways that federal dollars paid them to build — and to reinvest in communities of color that those highways destroyed.
January 11, 2021
Georgia Senate Wins Put Major Transportation Reform Within Reach
Democrats reclaiming majority control of the Senate creates a path to a green infrastructure bill that has eluded sustainable transportation advocates for decades.
January 6, 2021
Boston Has a Choice Between Two Transportation Futures
Unlike some other projects in this report, there is no escaping the need for major investment in transportation infrastructure in this section of Boston. The question is how.
January 1, 2021
Highway Boondoggles 2020: S.E. Connector, Texas
This $1.6-billion project would also use valuable state resources even as basic transit needs in Fort Worth go unmet.
December 30, 2020
Five Road Widening Myths That Are Delaying Climate Action
These convenient excuses help your transportation department justify widening and adding highways – but they’re dead wrong.
December 29, 2020
Highway Boondoggles 2020: M-CORES, Florida
Despite $1 billion in budget cuts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Florida's 2020-21 budget still includes $90 million for this boondoggle, which could threaten the endangered Florida panther with extinction.
December 28, 2020
Highway Boondoggles 2020: I-526 Extension in S.C.
The I-526 extension would have minimal impact on travel times, saving drivers mere seconds at the expense of the region's protected wetlands.
December 24, 2020
