Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Infrastructure

The proposed “Complete 540” highway through the southern suburbs of Raleigh would divide
neighborhoods and encourage sprawl. Image: North Carolina Dept. of Transportation

Boondoggle: N.C. Road Expansion Disaster

By Gideon Weissman and Matt Casale | Jun 19, 2019 | 2 Comments

It's the first of nine installments! This edition focuses on North Carolina’s plan to complete the southern half of a loop highway around Raleigh. It's a boondoggle with epic environmental repercussions.

The North Houston Highway Improvement Project will expand already vast swaths of highway
through the middle of Houston, displacing homes and businesses and dividing communities.
Image: Texas Dept. of Transportation

Boondoggles: Nine Projects That Should Not Happen

By Gideon Weissman and Matthew Casale | Jun 18, 2019 | 6 Comments

Here's the thing with highway expansion projects: They're big. They're expensive. And they have limited benefit. Our friends at US PIRG present their annual report.

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Federal unSAFE Rollbacks Would Have Dire Consequences for Air Quality

By Melanie Curry | Jun 6, 2019

The federal proposal poses some very serious problems; litigation might delay them, but few want to talk about other solutions

An aerial view of Louisville's $2.3 billion Ohio River Bridges Project. Photo: Ohio River Bridges Project via Broken Sidewalk

The Real Reason Roads Are In Bad Shape

By Angie Schmitt | May 15, 2019 | 7 Comments

States don't lack money for road maintenance. They just spend it on expensive new projects — ribbon cuttings! — instead.

Spending $2 trillion on infrastructure need not result in more of these. Photo: Ohio River Bridges Flickr Page

There’s a Right Way to Spend Trillions on Infrastructure

By Aaron Short | May 14, 2019 | 3 Comments

A new report seeks to upend the debate over infrastructure to investments that boost mass transit while saving the planet.

Foot paths worn by State Highway 1 near the Red Lake Nation tribal lands in Minnesota. Photo: Guillermo Narvaez

The $2T Infrastructure Plan May Worsen Climate Change

By Gersh Kuntzman and Angie Schmitt | May 1, 2019 | 3 Comments

Without strong leadership, $2 trillion infrastructure bill could lock-in high, climate threatening transportation emissions.

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