Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Boondoggles

Larry Hogan Is Wrong That Wide Roads Help the Climate

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 6, 2019 | 5 Comments

A researcher speaks out against the Maryland governor's misuse of his data.

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 7, 2019 | 36 Comments

If Midwest states shovel billions more into highway widenings (likely), it could just increase maintenance costs and further undermine their cities.

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 12, 2018 | 20 Comments

Under Trump, the popular program that helped fund biking trails and transit upgrades is just another bridge and highway fund.

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 28, 2018 | 30 Comments

Two years after it opened, traffic is down 50 percent on Louisville's new $1.3 billion highway bridge.

By Matt Casale and Gideon Weissman | Jul 11, 2018 | 7 Comments

Five hundred families will lose their homes to this grossly unjust $1.5 billion highway boondoggle.

By Matt Casale and Gideon Weissman | Jul 9, 2018 | 2 Comments

A single interchange project in Atlanta will cost almost as much as the state of Georgia's annual transportation budget.