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How to Debunk the ‘Need’ for Destructive Road Widenings
Transportation agencies have a thousand reasons why they need "just one more lane, bro." Here's how to spot their distortions and lies and call them out.
August 13, 2024
Vision? Zero! City Will Widen Staten Island Roadway to Appease Drivers
The city plans to double the size of a road right next to public transportation.
August 8, 2024
Madness: Port Authority Will Spend $8.3M to ‘Study’ Widening Outerbridge Crossing
Will this $8.3 million find out anything we don't know about induced demand?
September 22, 2023
A Teen Activist’s Message to Transportation Leaders That Everyone Needs To Hear
Teenage climate organizers are standing up to adult policymakers.
May 7, 2023
Locals Don’t Love the City’s Long-Awaited Re-Widening of Crumbling BQE
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.
December 14, 2022
Highway Boondoggles, Part IV: Erie’s ‘Mistake by the Lake’
A proposed highway will make traffic worse ... and cut off the waterfront.
September 19, 2022
