Recent Streetsblog USA posts about lane widening

I-5 is wide concrete chasm between Wallingford and the U District, as seen from 45th St bridge. (Photo by author)

Road Widening Myths That Are Delaying Climate Action

By Doug Trumm and Gregory Quetin | Dec 29, 2020 | No Comments

These convenient excuses help your transportation department justify widening and adding highways – but they’re dead wrong.

Just one of Phoenix's massive interstates, via Creative Commons

Phoenix Leaders Are Climate Hypocrites

By Joe Cortright | Dec 4, 2020 | No Comments

Phoenix says it’s going to reduce greenhouse gases 90 percent by 2050, but the city’s transportation greenhouse gases have risen 1,000 pounds per person since 2014, and it’s planning to spend hundreds of millions widening freeways.