Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Highway Expansion

Southern California Road Agency Courts Bankruptcy With Highway Addition

By Phineas Baxandall and Jeff Inglis | Sep 18, 2014 | 3 Comments

Today, U.S. PIRG and the Frontier Group released a new report, “Highway Boondoggles: Wasted Money and America’s Transportation Future.” In it, they examine 11 of the most wasteful, least justifiable road projects underway in America right now. This week we’ve previewed the report with posts about the proposed Effingham Parkway in Savannah, Georgia and the harebrained scheme to […]

Will NCDOT Break the Bank on an 8-Lane Highway Through Asheville?

By Phineas Baxandall and Jeff Inglis | Sep 17, 2014 | 3 Comments

Tomorrow, U.S. PIRG and the Frontier Group will release a report titled, “Highway Boondoggles: Wasted Money and America’s Transportation Future.” In it, they examine 11 of the most wasteful, least needed road projects underway in America right now. Yesterday we published our first preview of the report, the story of the bizarre wishful thinking behind […]

Highway Boondoggle Case Study #1: Georgia’s Effingham Parkway

By Phineas Baxandall and Jeff Inglis | Sep 16, 2014 | No Comments

This week, U.S. PIRG and the Frontier Group will release a report titled, “Highway Boondoggles: Wasted Money and America’s Transportation Future.” In it, they examine 11 case studies of some of the more wasteful, least needed roads being built in America right now. At a time when Americans are driving less and government traffic projections […]

Wisconsin’s Highway Spending Mania Makes Less Sense Every Day

By Shaun Jacobsen | Sep 10, 2014 | 29 Comments

Wisconsin isn’t known as a state that makes smart use of transportation dollars, whether it’s Scott Walker rejecting federal funds for high-speed rail service, denying funds for what would have been Milwaukee’s first suburban commuter rail service, or cutting millions in state aid for transit. Now a new report from the Wisconsin Public Interest Research […]

Missouri Says No to Amendment 7’s Monster Tax Hike for Roads

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 6, 2014 | 4 Comments

Last night, Missourians decided overwhelmingly to reject a ballot initiative that would have raised the sales tax by three-quarters of a cent to pay, almost exclusively, for roads. It would have been the largest tax increase in the state’s history. Voters voted 59 percent to 41 percent to reject the tax. “It’s difficult to pass […]

In Dallas, You Can Get a “Sustainability” Grant to Widen a Road

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 5, 2014 | 3 Comments

Some folks on Twitter have been having a laugh about these PowerPoint slides from the North Central Texas Council of Governments. But it’s more sad than funny. The slides outline what kinds of projects are eligible for the Dallas region’s Sustainable Development Funds, according to local planner Patrick Kennedy. More than $43 million was awarded for projects […]

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