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Highways

The Absurdity of Highway Spending as Economic Development

Charles Marohn
Highways

The Buttonhook and the Cost of Safety We Refuse to Pay

Charles Marohn
Highways

The Buttonhook Isn’t Designed To Solve Baxter’s Mythical Congestion

Charles Marohn
Highways

What We Lost When We Built the Claiborne Expressway

Asia Mieleszko
Highways

Removing an Urban Highway Is Step One. Here’s What Comes Next

Mya Riley
Highways

This $1.8B Project Shows Why State DOTs Need a New Playbook

Mya Riley
Highways

West Virginia Is the Canary in America’s Infrastructure Coal Mine

Edward Erfurt
Highways

The Intersection of Waste and Opportunity

Norm Van Eeden Petersman
Highways

3 Things To Keep in Mind When Removing an Urban Highway

Mya Riley
Highways

Governing Like Caesar with Jesus in Mind: Why Cities Fail When They Plan Top-Down and Hope Bottom-Up

Charles Marohn
Highways

NYC’s Congestion Pricing Was Flawed—But Killing It Won’t Fix Traffic

Charles Marohn
Highways

How Much Does a Mile of Road Actually Cost?

Charles Marohn
Highways

The Hidden Cost of America’s Infrastructure Spending Habits

Charles Marohn
Highways

The Phantom Freeway That Won’t Stop Haunting Alabama

Asia Mieleszko
Highways

PennDOT’s Feelings Don’t Care About Your Facts

Asia Mieleszko
Accounting

What Strong Towns Really Says About Infrastructure Spending

Charles Marohn
Highways

How an Opera Singer Joined the Fight Against Freeways

Asia Mieleszko
Highways

75-Year-Old Houston Advocate Refuses To Surrender to Highway Expansion Project

Asia Mieleszko
Highways

5 Reasons Why We Should End Highway Expansion

Seairra Jones
Highways

The Mayor Who Tried to Stop a Highway

Asia Mieleszko
Highways

Your Participation Is Encouraged, but Not Wanted

Asia Mieleszko
Highways

It’s Always Too Late: How Freeway Fighters Are Kept out of the Conversation

Asia Mieleszko
Streets

How Many People Have To Die To Make a Street Safer?

Asia Mieleszko
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Not a Professional Engineer? You Can Still Help End Highway Expansions

Seairra Jones

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