Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Highway Expansion

A transportation project as superficial as the Kendall Highway deserves the mockery dished out by Transit Alliance Miami on its sexy highway site.

Miami’s Mindless Highway Addiction Gets the Mockery It Deserves

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 18, 2018 | 6 Comments

A 15-mile highway extension would bring sprawl to the edge of the Everglades and drain resources that could be used for transit.

The Greenwashing of a Portland Highway Expansion

By Angie Schmitt | May 16, 2018 | 11 Comments

The old political instinct to cram more cars through cities never dies - not even in Portland.

Metro Detroit’s Highway Fixation Explains Why Our Infrastructure Is Broken

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 13, 2018 | 8 Comments

Only 20 percent of the region's highways are in good condition. And yet the regional transportation agency is planning $4 billion in highway widenings.

Indiana DOT wants to widen a highway through historic Indianapolis neighborhoods near downtown. Locals are fighting back. Image: Urban Indy

Indiana DOT Wants to Double Down on 1960s-Era Urban Highway

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 30, 2018 | 18 Comments

The bad old days -- when we torn down urban neighborhoods to build highways -- aren't really behind us.

North Carolina DOT wants to widen Ashville's Merrimon Avenue, which is already a four lane commercial speedway. Photo: Google Maps

North Carolina Talks the “Vision Zero” Talk While Pushing to Make This Speedway Even Wider

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 12, 2018 | 8 Comments

North Carolina DOT plans to make an unwalkable commercial street even more dangerous.

In one year, the cost of the Route 95 Viaduct Reconstruction project in Rhode Island increased more than 50 percent. Photo: Rhode Island DOT

Taxpayers Lose and Banks Win in This Trump Infrastructure Deal

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 2, 2018 | 9 Comments

Under Trump, U.S. DOT's grant rules encourage states to finance road projects with private loans that cost more than public borrowing.

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