Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Boondoggles

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NY Gov Calls for ‘Alternatives’ to Controversial AirTrain

By Eve Kessler | Oct 4, 2021 | No Comments

"I have asked the Port Authority to thoroughly examine alternative mass transit solutions for reducing car traffic and increasing connectivity to LaGuardia Airport," Hochul said about the 1.5-mile, elevated people mover.

Senate Bill Undermines Biden Climate Goals

By Aaron Short | May 27, 2021 | No Comments

A Senate proposal to shovel hundreds of billions of dollars into new freeways will wipe out the Biden administration’s goal of halving carbon emissions by 2030.

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Chuck Schumer Pushing Highway Boondoggle

By Eve Kessler | Mar 15, 2021 | No Comments

Construction interests — and Sen. Schumer — want to add a lane to the Catskills artery. It's madness.

Texas Highway Boondoggle Dealt Blow by Feds

By Kea Wilson | Mar 12, 2021 | No Comments

One of Texas's most-notorious highway expansion projects is being put on pause, thanks to a U.S. Department of Transportation that's newly committed to mitigating the racist impacts of federally funded transportation projects.

Allston Multimodal Project. Photo: Mass DOT

Highway Boondoggles 2020: Boston's Big Choice

By Matt Casale and Gideon Weissman | Jan 1, 2021 | No Comments

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.

A visualization of the proposed connector, via Youtube

Highway Boondoggles 2020: Southeast Connector, Texas

By Gideon Weissman and Matt Casale | Dec 30, 2020 | No Comments

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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