When Mike McGinn didn’t see any other mayoral candidates challenging a proposed highway expansion project in Seattle, he stepped up to the plate and won the election. This is the story of his ensuing fight to stop his city from making a costly mistake.
Read MoreUntil we have a credible plan for maintaining our existing transportation infrastructure, we must stop building more roads and bridges. Period.
Read MoreAdam Greenfield and Bobby Levinski are part of the grassroots movement Rethink35, which is filing a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation over their plans to expand I-35 in Austin.
Read MoreAdam Greenfield and Miriam Schoenfield are doing some of the most challenging work an advocate can take on in their city: fighting a massive highway expansion project.
Read MoreThe Interstate 5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project in Oregon is the poster child for how departments of transportation deceptively package harmful highway expansion projects.
Read MoreODOT put out a newsletter that seemed to strongly encourage public engagement in their project to expand I-475. Yet when this advocate took them up on the offer, she faced barriers at every step of the way.
Read MoreWhat’s the point of including a “no build” option for proposed infrastructure projects if no one will advocate for it?
Read MoreWhy does TxDOT bother inviting Houston residents to come comment on the North Houston Highway Improvement Project…if they are going to make it so hard to actually do so?
Read MoreFreeway fighters in Houston are going up against a grim truth in highway expansion projects: that those most impacted by them are almost always the most marginalized in the decision-making process.
Read MoreODOT wants to widen a highway in Toledo, OH. But continuing to make the highway bigger and bigger to solve traffic problems is about as effective as the story of the little old lady who swallowed a spider to eat a fly.
Read MoreThe latest Highway Boondoggles Report is out, showcasing just how much money is being wasted on highway expansion projects across the U.S.
Read MoreDOTs commonly justify highway expansion projects by claiming increased capacity will relieve traffic congestion and spur economic growth—but Toledo, OH, residents are busting these myths using ODOT’s own data.
Read MoreDespite overwhelming local opposition, the Ohio government is forcing an interchange project on the city of Brunswick, threatening homes and funds that had originally been set aside for walkability projects.
Read MoreThe I-5 Rose Quarter project is proving to be extremely costly, and those costs are directly related to the excessive width of the project—something that ODOT has gone to great lengths to conceal.
Read MoreDespite earlier legal success, protestors against the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority now find themselves facing a setback from the Oklahoma Supreme Court—though they’re not letting that stop them.
Read MoreODOT maintains it will use tolls to pay for the I-5 Rose Quarter Freeway widening project, but that it doesn’t need to evaluate tolling as part of the project’s environmental assessment, because tolling isn’t “reasonably foreseeable.”
Read MoreLet’s bust five myths on this highway expansion project.
Read MoreNYCDOT is dangling the prospect of "park-like opportunities" in order to advance its latest highway expansion project, but New Yorkers aren't buying it.
Read MoreA recent advertising insert in the Winnipeg Free Press would have us believe that road expansion will solve not only homelessness, but crime and addiction, as well. Let's investigate these lofty claims.
Read MoreEarlier this year, Oklahoma residents took the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority to court over a planned $15 billion turnpike expansion. Now, the state's attorney general is weighing in.
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