Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Boondoggles

Midwest Will Raise Gas Taxes — And Make Everything Worse

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 7, 2019 | 35 Comments

If Midwest states shovel billions more into highway widenings (likely), it could just increase maintenance costs and further undermine their cities.

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 12, 2018 | 20 Comments

Under Trump, the popular program that helped fund biking trails and transit upgrades is just another bridge and highway fund.

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 28, 2018 | 30 Comments

Two years after it opened, traffic is down 50 percent on Louisville's new $1.3 billion highway bridge.

By Matt Casale and Gideon Weissman | Jul 11, 2018 | 4 Comments

Five hundred families will lose their homes to this grossly unjust $1.5 billion highway boondoggle.

By Matt Casale and Gideon Weissman | Jul 9, 2018 | 1 Comment

A single interchange project in Atlanta will cost almost as much as the state of Georgia's annual transportation budget.

By Matt Casale and Gideon Weissman | Jul 6, 2018 | 10 Comments

The Pennsylvania Turnpike is hemorrhaging money. The state's transit riders could end up footing the bill for its expansion.