Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Highway Expansion

Op Ed: We Shouldn’t Fix Some ‘Crumbling’ Highways

By Gideon Weissman | Jul 8, 2020 | No Comments

Americans shouldn't have to choose between building endless new highway miles and endlessly fixing the roads that destroy our places — because there are a lot of highways that deserve to be decommissioned.

These don't belong in our cities — but right now, we need them to move fast on our highways. Source: Creative Commons.

The Real Cure For Freight Truck Traffic is Fewer Cars

By Kea Wilson | Mar 25, 2020 | No Comments

We don't need more roads — we need fewer cars on the existing roads.

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Op-Ed: A $7.5B Boondoggle Advances in Austin

By Daniel Herriges | Mar 2, 2020 | No Comments

Austin just approved funding to expand its most notorious highway. It's bad news for public safety — and for their municipal budget.

The White House could exclude climate change from new infrastructure projects in a revision of a 50-year-old environmental rule this week. Image: J. Daniel Escareño

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Congress Vows to Fight Trump’s Environmental Rule Change

By Aaron Short | Jan 7, 2020 | No Comments

The Transportation Research Board’s 99th Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, D.C. from Jan. 12-16, 2020. Click here for more information. Congressional leaders vowed they won’t let the president get away with gutting environmental laws after learning the Trump administration will scrap requirements to consider the climate consequences for new highways and pipelines. A White […]

The project to widen Interstate 5 in Portland will only bring more congestion. Photo: KHSU.org

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Op-Ed: Portland’s Costly Highway Mistake

By Buff Brown | Dec 26, 2019 | No Comments

The city should reverse course and cancel the expansion of Interstate 5.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont's $21 billion transportation plan primarily widens highways which will encourage more driving across the state.

Connecticut’s Transportation Plan Stymies Its Future

By Aaron Short | Nov 19, 2019 | No Comments

What is Gov. Ned Lamont doing building all these new roads to compete with transit?

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