Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Highway Expansion

Washington Republicans: Put Seattle’s Highway-Borer Out of Its Misery

By Angie Schmitt | | 14 Comments
If nothing else, the politics of Seattle’s deep-bore highway tunnel fiasco keep getting more interesting. With Bertha the tunnel-boring machine stuck underground and “rescue” efforts literally destabilizing city neighborhoods, a pair of Republicans in the Washington State Senate introduced a bill to scrap the project before any more money is wasted. While putting a halt to […]

Cincinnati’s Eastern Corridor: The $1.4 Billion Road No One Seems to Want

By Angie Schmitt | | 27 Comments
The Eastern Corridor is an expensive state DOT highway project searching for a reason to exist. The $1.4 billion proposal from Ohio DOT is ostensibly intended to reduce commute times from Cincinnati’s far eastern bedroom communities to downtown. The project, a remnant of 1960s-era road planning, would create a commuter highway through the eastern Cincinnati region by widening […]

Why a Broke State DOT Could Be Great for Missouri

By Angie Schmitt | | 5 Comments
In August, Missouri voters roundly defeated a sales tax increase supported by road building interests that would have dramatically boosted funding for the state DOT. During the run-up to the election, state leaders laid it on thick in their appeal for more road money, arguing that the fallout would be disastrous for public safety if […]
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