Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Boondoggles

Op Ed: We Shouldn’t Fix Some ‘Crumbling’ Highways

By Gideon Weissman | Jul 8, 2020 | No Comments

Americans shouldn't have to choose between building endless new highway miles and endlessly fixing the roads that destroy our places — because there are a lot of highways that deserve to be decommissioned.

The North Houston Highway Improvement Project will expand already vast swaths of highway
through the middle of Houston, displacing homes and businesses and dividing communities.
Image: Texas Dept. of Transportation

Houston’s I-45 Project is More ‘Urban Renewal’ Racism

By Kea Wilson | Jun 8, 2020 | No Comments

Racist highway policies of the 1940s and 1950s are still with us today.

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Op-Ed: A $7.5B Boondoggle Advances in Austin

By Daniel Herriges | Mar 2, 2020 | No Comments

Austin just approved funding to expand its most notorious highway. It's bad news for public safety — and for their municipal budget.

The U.S. Department of Transportation under Secretary Elaine Chao has shifted hundreds of millions of dollars in transportation grants away from urban centers and toward rural areas.

Rural America Cashes In Under Trump

By Aaron Short | Dec 5, 2019 | No Comments

It's a great time to be living in the middle of nowhere as President Trump directs more transportation funds to his rural base.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont's $21 billion transportation plan primarily widens highways which will encourage more driving across the state.

Connecticut’s Transportation Plan Stymies Its Future

By Aaron Short | Nov 19, 2019 | No Comments

What is Gov. Ned Lamont doing building all these new roads to compete with transit?

Trump Shifts Obama Transit Funding to Roads

By Aaron Short | Nov 13, 2019 | No Comments

Obama allocated 28 percent of federal grants to transit. It's 8.5 percent under Trump. And funding for bike and pedestrian projects dropped to zero.

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