Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Highway Expansion

FHWA Deputy Administrator Stephanie Pollack. Image: Joshua Qualls/Mass. Governor’s Press Office, CC

USDOT Pressures States To Spend New Infrastructure Funds Sustainably

By Kea Wilson | Dec 17, 2021 | No Comments

As states begin cashing no-strings-attached federal infrastructure checks, U.S. DOT is pushing them to spend those funds on projects that will help end the climate and roadway death crises.

I-65 crossing the Ohio River at Louisville. Photo: Trimarc

Opinion: Louisville’s ‘Fix’ for Traffic Congestion Shows the Irrationality of Drivers

By Joe Cortright | Nov 18, 2021 | No Comments

Two states spent $1 billion doubling the size of I-65, only to have half as many people use the bridge. Nothing more clearly illustrates the utter folly of highway expansions.

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Analysis Shows Racist Harms of Freeway Projects

By Joe Linton | Nov 13, 2021 | No Comments

In five states — California, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas — the paper found that large highway building projects demolished homes predominantly in Black and Latino neighborhoods.

How Much Driving Does Highway Expansion Cause?

By Kea Wilson | Oct 20, 2021 | No Comments

A new calculator shows the real impacts of proposed highway expansions in their communities — and the experts behind the project hope that transportation agencies will someday be required to use it, too.

A community walk organized by the organization Stop TxDOT I-45 which toured historic sections of town that stand to be destroyed by Houston’s proposed I-45 expansion. Photo: Anni Mulligan for the Houston Chronicle

Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: How To Stop a Highway

By Susan Graham | Oct 19, 2021 | No Comments

Lessons from the frontline of the fight against a Texas highway expansion plan.

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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