Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Highway Expansion

The Claiborne Avenue Expressway. Photo: CNU, CC

Advocates Warn ‘Reconnecting Communities’ Program Could Actually Expand Highways

By Kea Wilson | Nov 3, 2022 | No Comments

A massive coalition of advocates is calling on the federal Department of Transportation to make sure a historic fund that could tear down harmful urban highways across America isn't used to expand or maintain them instead.

Detroit's I-375 was an urban renewal project that permanently reduced the quality of urban life in the Motor City. Image: CNU

Opinion: Stop Expanding the Damn Roads in Michigan

By Robert Goodspeed | Oct 28, 2022 | No Comments

The recent announcement of a $105-million grant to remove I-375 in Detroit is welcome news. But it also raises the question of whether our broader road spending is leading to a future we want.

Talking Headways Podcast: Texas Highway Tangle

By Jeff Wood | Oct 6, 2022 | No Comments

Why is there no affordable housing in Austin? The Texas DOT is a big force pushing for sprawl, a journalist finds.

Highway Boondoggles, Part VII: Oregon’s Abernethy Insanity

By Matthew Casale, James Horrox and Bryn Huxley-Reicher | Sep 21, 2022 | No Comments

In our final installment of our annual Highway Boondoggles series with U.S. PIRG., we look at bridge widening that circumvented the National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Impact Assessment process.

Highway Boondoggles Part V: Duluth’s ‘Can of Worms’

By James Horrox, Bryn Huxley-Reicher and Matthew Casale | Sep 19, 2022 | No Comments

It’s sometimes said that Minnesota has two seasons: winter and road construction. In Duluth, an ongoing, multiyear highway project has sucked up millions of taxpayer dollars on a road that many residents believe shouldn’t even be there in the first place.

Mile-High City Halts Two Highway Expansions — And Gives the Money to Transit Instead

By Kea Wilson | Sep 15, 2022 | No Comments

Colorado will cancel two planned highway expansions, citing a new climate rule that advocates say should be a model for communities across America.

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