"Jane Jacobs ends through Robert Moses means" is the modus operandi of many planners and advocates. It's also a total misunderstanding of both the brilliance of Jacobs and the shortcomings of Moses.
The Trump administration’s elimination of congestion pricing was shortsighted, but NYC’s congestion pricing was deeply flawed from the start. If congestion pricing is ever going to work as intended, it needs to be revamped with the right priorities.

The Federal Highway Administration has a chart full of answers to that question you might find useful.

We're building something we know won't be here two decades from now.

The Northern Beltline project has been haunting Alabama for over 50 years, draining money, time and energy from other more productive and desired projects. Here’s how it came about — and why it refuses to stay dead.

"By the time you hear of it, it's too late."
Are urban areas really more financially sustainable than suburbs? Do urban areas inherently have higher infrastructure costs? Here's what Strong Towns actually says about the Suburban Experiment and infrastructure spending.

“Take the next step that’s aligned with your values, and let it unfold.”

At 75, Susan Graham didn’t expect to spend her time fighting freeways — but after nearly five years leading Stop TxDOT I-45 in Houston, she’s nowhere near done.
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.


“At the end of the day, there’s no formal process for integrating our feedback... So it’s a bit of a dog-and-pony show."

Three lives lost leaving a Massachusetts library; each one preventable, each one a reflection of systemic neglect.
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An Alabama stroad is trying to serve too many functions at once. As a result, it's racking up a death toll.

A tanker truck caught fire, killing its driver and devastating over 100 feet of Interstate 95 above it. With the highway decommissioned, how did people get around?
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The federal government promised to undo past harms. Advocates are disillusioned.

“We can’t just convert stroads into streets or roads... we need to change the land-use around these stroads."

“Once surrounded by homes, the residents of Kelly Village now lived at the confluence of—almost underneath—two major highways."

"Cities can be so wonderful for so many people. Let’s not screw this up."


Oklahoma residents discovered their homes were in the path of a massive highway expansion through local news, not official channels. Now a court has ruled the turnpike authority deliberately misled the public.

What exactly is it improving?

Americans drove less during the early months of the pandemic, yet traffic fatalities increased. Experts thought fatality rates would've since reverted. That didn’t happen.