Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Highway Expansion

This Week: Road Builders and Bike Advocates Convene in the Capital

By Ben Goldman | Mar 19, 2012 | 4 Comments

The House of Representatives is back in town, and its members still don’t have a transportation bill. In fact, they probably won’t have one for weeks. But two groups holding conferences in Washington this week would be more than happy to help them out in the meantime. First, the League of American Bicyclists kicks off […]

Ron Paul: Stop Subsidizing Highways, Let “Transits” Flourish

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 5, 2012 | 35 Comments

Before the Iowa caucuses, we wrote briefly about the candidates’ positions on transportation, but we’d missed this tidbit. (Thanks to an anonymous reader for bringing it to our attention.) In this video from 2009, Ron Paul responds to a supporter’s angst about light rail – he wants to oppose anything that was built with government […]

Streetsies 2011: The Final Installment

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 30, 2011 | No Comments

Tomorrow is the last day of 2011, folks. I wish you a Happier New Year than this one was. We’ve spent the last couple days looking back at some of the bests and worsts of 2011. A brief recap: The hit to transit budgets was the low point of the year, with the high point […]

Streetsies 2011: The Local Edition

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 29, 2011 | 1 Comment

Yesterday, we started our year-end 2011 round-up. We lamented transit cuts in places where transit is more important than ever, cheered the successful ballot initiatives that will fund transportation lifelines, took a moment to explore the nuances of some difficult issues, and called out Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin for some hare-brained ideas about the […]

Transit’s Not Bleeding the Taxpayer Dry — Roads Are

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 12, 2011 | 48 Comments

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Roads don’t pay for themselves. But maybe they should. “Taxpayers cover costs that should be borne by road users,” asserts the State Smart Transportation Initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Road subsidies push up tax rates, squeeze government services, and skew the market for transportation.” SSTI, […]

Ray LaHood Gives Go-Ahead to Portland’s Sprawl-Inducing Mega-Bridge

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 8, 2011 | 4 Comments

You don’t need to look too hard to find signs that the ground is shifting when it comes to highway construction. Around the country, state DOTs are running out of money. Headlines ask “Are Freeways Doomed?” Overall vehicle miles traveled are down in the Pacific Northwest. But many state and regional transportation agencies continue to […]

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