Advocacy Group: Stop Spending On New Roads
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Transportation for America wants Congress to reallocate the $40 billion it pours into new highway projects that only to make Americans more dependent on cars.
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Report: Federal Highway Aid Is Rigged
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The Eno Center argues that the federal government should value safety and the environment when doling out billions in highway funds to states.
Op-Ed: Fed Transport Policy Undermines Climate Progress
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Democrats and Republicans remain deeply committed to antiquated policy that undermines any action we take on climate change: spending billions to build new highways, encouraging more and more driving.
Arizona Defends Deadly Highway Instead of Fixing It
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An Arizona highway has been rated one of the most dangerous roads in the country — but local officials are more upset at the bad press than the deadly roadway!
Traffic Study Comes Under Fire for Being Too ‘Pro-Car’
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A landmark report that analyzes traffic congestion and its costs is coming under fire from transportation experts who say its methodology and findings are biased toward cars. The Urban Mobility Report “is a throwback to an earlier age” that “reflects an outdated transport planning paradigm which assumed that ‘transportation’ means automobile travel and ‘transportation problem’ […]
Climate Change Fight Dies in Texas Oil Region
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An oil-rich region of West Texas is about to get more than half a billion dollars in highway funds so it can continue to pump more crude and frack natural gas — perpetuating a cycle that is causing the destruction of human civilization.