Like many U.S. towns, Maumee, OH, has a state highway that cuts through their Uptown. For decades, it’s been known as a dangerous road…but no longer: the city is taking back its streets and making them places for people, not cars.
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You know what a stroad is… Now how about these other coined phrases that help tell the story of the challenges that local advocates grapple with?
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We have to end highway expansion and focus on projects that actually build wealth in our cities. If you’re not convinced, then read on.
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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.
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And whatever you do, don’t repeat Canada’s mistake.
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Some complain that getting rid of parking mandates is just an underhanded way of making auto use harder and harder in cities. But harder for whom, exactly?
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Adam 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.
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Adam 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.
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The Interstate 5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project in Oregon is the poster child for how departments of transportation deceptively package harmful highway expansion projects.
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You’ve just been sworn into your first elected office, and you’re committed to improving your city’s transportation network… But not so fast: not all money is free.
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Traffic studies read like dry, technocratic products that follow some scientific process. In reality, they often use selective data and unrealistic projections to promote road projects with the veneer of technical expertise.
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ODOT 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.
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What’s the point of including a “no build” option for proposed infrastructure projects if no one will advocate for it?
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Why 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?
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Freeway 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.
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Your city just announced a big infrastructure project, one with significant state and federal funding. You and your neighbors are likely wondering: why this project?
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The battle against highway expansions can be one of the toughest fights an advocate will ever come up against. But as this Florida-based Local Conversations group has shown, persistence will eventually pay off.
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ODOT 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.
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The latest Highway Boondoggles Report is out, showcasing just how much money is being wasted on highway expansion projects across the U.S.
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DOTs 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.
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