Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Kentucky

UPDATE: Here We Go Again: Sen. Rand Paul Pits Bikes Against Bridges

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 24, 2013 | 13 Comments

Rand Paul is at it again. Last year, Sen. Paul (R-KY) made a laughingstock of himself by alleging that the Transportation Enhancements program — which largely funds bicycle and pedestrian improvements — was used for things like “turtle tunnels and squirrel sanctuaries and all this craziness.” His statements had no basis in fact, but that […]

McClatchy Muckrakers Expose Seedy Underbelly of the Highway Bonanza

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 12, 2013 | 13 Comments

The work of a sustainable transportation reporter can be a lonely lot. But it’s a lot less lonely now that two McClatchy reporters, Curtis Tate and Greg Gordon, have taken up the mantle of exposing wasteful road expansion. With their far-reaching and well-researched three-part series, published last Sunday, Tate and Gordon brought stories of highway […]

Louisville Doubles Down on Disruptive Downtown Highway

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 27, 2012 | 6 Comments

Louisville, Kentucky, is, by all accounts, a city with a lot of potential. An old river city, it has a wealth of beautiful, historic architecture. It’s mid-sized, but large enough to have some good urban amenities. It’s affordable, with a downtown waterfront and some unique cultural charms. As the New York Times said in its […]

States Already Licking Their Chops Over Newly “Flexible” Bike/Ped Funds

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 10, 2012 | 5 Comments

Just days after Congress passed a bill allowing states to spend funds supposedly designated for biking and walking on completely unrelated projects, transportation officials are already circling like vultures over that money. An AP story from Covington, Kentucky on Sunday quotes several transportation officials and executives parroting the GOP line that transportation enhancements funding, as that […]

“Indiana’s Big Dig” Raises Bar on Absurdly Wasteful Highway Boondoggles

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 25, 2012 | 2 Comments

“Why is Indiana Paying $255 Million for a Tunnel Under Kentucky’s Trees?” asked the Indianapolis Star in a recent headline. The paper was referring to the $2.6 billion I-265 bridge over the Ohio River, a joint project of Indiana and Kentucky. In a lot of ways, this project is your classic highway boondoggle. It involves […]