The Reconnecting Communities Program Isn’t Undoing Highway Expansions—It’s Decorating Them

For some, the Reconnecting Communities Program symbolizes an auspicious reversal of values that have characterized the past 70 years of transportation planning. For others, it's business as usual.

End Highway Expansion, Federal Government, Top StoryAsia MieleszkoMarch 23, 2023End Highway Expansion, Louisiana, Oregon, highways, freeway widening, federal funding, federal government, USDOT, DOT, transportation spending

Advocates Across The State Convene to Un-stroad Louisiana

Strong Towns advocates in Shreveport, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette are coming together to work for safer streets.

Community, Safe & Productive Streets, Top Story, Community StoriesAsia MieleszkoMarch 13, 2023transportation, Louisiana, Shreveport, STROADS

A Highway Continues to Haunt Shreveport, Louisiana

Residents of Allendale, LA, learned that controversial Interstate 49 inner-city connector will not be cutting through their neighborhood. Unfortunately, however, the victory has been bittersweet.

End Highway Expansion, News, Top StoryAsia MieleszkoFebruary 23, 2023highways, End Highway Expansion, Louisiana, freeway widening, freeways, advocacy, urban freeways

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Two Amazing Strong Towns Members

Nick and Amanda Lanata are putting the Strong Towns approach into action in Zachary, Louisiana.

Podcast, The Bottom-Up Revolution, Success Story, Top Story, MembershipStrong TownsJune 9, 2022Podcast, The Bottom-Up Revolution, Louisiana, #DoTheMath, member drive

Strong Towns Need Strong Downtowns

A crucial part of making your city or town stronger lies in revitalizing your downtown. Here’s how one Local Conversation organizer is doing that work in her place.

#StrongCitizens, Community, Pattison, Top StoryJohn PattisonMay 18, 2022advocacy, main street, Traditional Main Street, Small Towns, small towns, Louisiana, community, Community, local economy, downtown

Cracking the Code on Fighting Highway Expansion Projects

When a highway expansion threatened to destroy a historic Black neighborhood in New Orleans, this advocate spoke out against it. Here’s how she made herself heard.

#NoNewRoads, Infrastructure, Success Story, Top StoryAmy StellyMay 18, 2022highways, freeway widening, freeway removal, freeways, urban freeways, Louisiana, New Orleans, success, success stories, #NoNewRoads, Infrastructure, infrastructure

Fighting an Urban Highway Expansion in Shreveport

Hear how local leaders in Louisiana are fighting the I-49 Connector, an urban highway expansion project that is threatening the vibrant, predominantly black neighborhood of Allendale.

#NoNewRoads, Podcast, Roads and Streets, Shreveport, Top Story, ST PodcastStrong TownsJuly 26, 2021#NoNewRoads, highways, Shreveport, Louisiana, Podcast, neighborhood

Something Better than Utopia

The story of Shreveport is one of small steps leading to big payoffs, especially in building community.

Strong Towns Book, Shreveport, Top StoryLeVette FullerOctober 4, 2019Shreveport, Louisiana, LeVette Fuller, Strong Towns Book

The Zombie Freeway Project in Shreveport That Won't Die

There’s every reason not to build a freeway through a poor, mostly-black neighborhood in Shreveport, Louisiana. So why is the state government taking money away from needed maintenance to push this bad project forward?

Shreveport, Herriges, #InfrastructureCrisis, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesJuly 15, 2019Louisiana, Shreveport

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