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

How Highways Finally Crushed Black Tulsa

Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood survived the 1921 race massacre, only to be ultimately destroyed by a more unrelenting foe: interstate highways.

Race, City Observatory, Top StoryJoe CortrightJuly 9, 2021tulsa, race, history, highways, Joe Cortright, Reparations

The Fundamental, Global Law of Road Congestion

It goes by many names — the Jevons Paradox, Braess Paradox, Marchetti’s Constant or Downs’ Triple Convergence — but the science is clear: expanding freeway capacity makes traffic worse.

City Observatory, Transportation, Roads and Streets, Top StoryJoe CortrightMarch 4, 2021congestion, toll roads, highways, City Observatory, Joe Cortright

Here's What *Not* to Do to Your Small-Town Main Street

How one small town in South Carolina destroyed everything that makes downtown downtown.

Roads and Streets, Rural, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesDecember 3, 2020STROADS, South Carolina, small towns, rural, highways, downtown, main street, Traditional Main Street

Wisconsin’s Plan to Reduce Traffic Congestion Is Moving in the Wrong Direction

Wisconsin’s plan to expand a key highway in Milwaukee will not reduce congestion or travel times. In fact, the evidence suggests they’ll likely get worse.

Infrastructure, Transportation, Top StoryJames DaviesOctober 1, 2020highways, highway spending, Wisconsin

I work for Strong Towns and sometimes even I don't know what the Strong Towns approach is.

Sometimes the way to best advocate for change in your city isn’t obvious or easy. And the inertia of the status quo is a challenge all its own.

Top Story, #SlowtheCarsJohn PattisonMay 21, 2020Safe Routes to Schools, walkability, bikeability, children, highways, traffic engineering

Call "Time Out" on Highway Boondoggles

The work of teeing up the next generation of boondoggle highway projects doesn’t stop—not even for a global pandemic.

Top Story, Transportation, InfrastructureTony DutzikApril 21, 2020frontier group, highways, highway spending, Smart Growth America, Infrastructure, infrastructure bill

Visualizing Place vs. Non-Place

When you’re moving about in the world, it’s really hard to appreciate just how much land is devoted to accommodating high-speed car travel—or just how much life we could cram into the same piece of land if we didn’t have to.