Highway Expansion
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Report: We Really Need to Divert Money from Drivers to Transit Users
The federal government needs an entirely different way of funding transportation — one that would finally allocate billions of dollars that currently subsidize and encourage driving to fund and expand transit, a new report argues.
September 10, 2020
OPINION: The Real Reason We Can’t Bike Over MTA Bridges
As its latest project shows, the Robert Moses-founded agency still valorizes motor traffic while ignoring cyclists and pedestrians.
September 8, 2020
State DOT to Add ‘Auxiliary Lane’ on LIE — A Highway-Widening Project, Opponents Charge
Bad optics, Gov. Cuomo: Transit riders are facing fare hikes and service cuts, but the state wants drivers in Queens to save five seconds in travel time on the Long Island Expressway.
July 31, 2020
Decision 2020: Who Should Represent the South Bronx in Congress?
Streetsblog asked the leading contenders to weigh in on the Bronx's pressing transportation issues. Here is what they said.
June 9, 2020
ANALYSIS: Corey Johnson’s Two BQE Recommendations Will Enable, Not Break, the Car Culture
Whether it's an $11-billion tunnel or a $3.2-billion highway buried under a park, neither solution to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway reduces car use.
February 24, 2020
De Blasio Can Still Stop State DOT From Building Highway Ramps By the Bronx River
So far, City Hall has watched passively as New York State DOT plows forward with a plan to cut off Hunts Point from the Bronx River with new Bruckner ramps. But the mayor still has leverage at his disposal, if he cares enough to use it.
September 27, 2018
Washington DOT Chief: Fixing Congestion With Highways “Fiscally Impossible”
State DOTs are fooling themselves if they think building more highways will cure congestion.
July 23, 2018
North Carolina DOT Threatens to Steamroll Asheville’s Highway-to-Boulevard Plans
Residents of Asheville, North Carolina, thought they had fended off the highway widening the state wanted to ram through neighborhoods just outside downtown. North Carolina DOT has other ideas.
June 28, 2018
The Greenwashing of a Portland Highway Expansion
The old political instinct to cram more cars through cities never dies - not even in Portland.
May 16, 2018
America’s Stunted National Debate About Infrastructure
When the discussion about infrastructure is limited to the question of whether we're spending enough, we're not talking about the infrastructure issues that really matter.
February 19, 2018
