Memorial Day Op-Ed Special: To Halt Wasteful Highways, America Needs a ‘Road Review’
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America has a highway-happy, boondoggle-building transportation policy system. It doesn't need to.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Highway Boondoggles
A Teen Activist’s Message to Transportation Leaders That Everyone Needs To Hear
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Teenage climate organizers are standing up to adult policymakers.
Rest In Pieces, ‘Fix-it-First’: Biden Caves to GOP on Highway Expansions
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The Biden administration has caved to GOP pressure and will no longer push states to repair existing highways before building new ones, a move that angered livable cities advocates.
Locals Don’t Love the City’s Long-Awaited Re-Widening of Crumbling BQE
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The city on Tuesday unveiled long-awaited plans for the beleaguered triple-cantilever section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, proposing three fairly similar options for a redesign of the crumbling infrastructure that will restore three lanes of traffic in each direction, albeit with a park on top.
Highway Boondoggles Part V: Duluth’s ‘Can of Worms’
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It’s sometimes said that Minnesota has two seasons: winter and road construction. In Duluth, an ongoing, multiyear highway project has sucked up millions of taxpayer dollars on a road that many residents believe shouldn’t even be there in the first place.
Highway Boondoggles, Part IV: Erie’s ‘Mistake by the Lake’
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A proposed highway will make traffic worse ... and cut off the waterfront.