Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Infrastructure

Rail Problem: House GOP Wants to Undermine Trains Exactly When We Need Them Most

By Aaron Short | May 27, 2023 | No Comments

The future of interstate rail travel is in jeopardy if the White House caves to House Republican spending cuts as part of the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations, advocates say.

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For Safer, Greener Streets, Cities Must Speed Up and Fund Infrastructure: Report

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 14, 2023 | No Comments

A study by the Regional Plan Association offers a new analysis into why infrastructure in New York City costs more than in other cities and countries around the world. And offers solutions that likely go behind the Big Apple.

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Rest In Pieces, ‘Fix-it-First’: Biden Caves to GOP on Highway Expansions

By Gabriel Baumgaertner | Mar 7, 2023 | No Comments

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.

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Talking Headways Podcast: What Does a Transportation Lobbyist Do?

By Jeff Wood | Jan 24, 2023 | No Comments

"It’s good to have different people with different ideas around the table sort of hashing things out and working on, you know, very pressing and important issues," says the lobbyist.

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Steal This Idea: Cincinnati Hires In-House Crew To Build Pedestrian Infrastructure

By Kea Wilson | Jan 5, 2023 | No Comments

In what could be a model for cities across America, Cincinnati is creating an in-house team to build safer streets for people who walk and roll, and vaulting over one of the most common roadblocks to saving vulnerable road users lives.

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Highway Boondoggles, Part II: Induced Demand Across the Ohio River

By Matt Casale | Sep 15, 2022 | No Comments

The Brent Spence Bridge is a vital link between Covington, Ky., and Cincinnati. The plan to replace it is though, is a boondoggle. Here's why.

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