Highway Boondoggle: Golden State’s Desert Destruction
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California's $8-billion, 63-mile “High Desert Freeway" north of downtown Los Angeles would lead to more driving and more pollution, along with sprawling desert development.
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Boondoggle: A Texas-Sized Mess of a Highway Plan
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Deadly and sprawling Houston does not need this $7-billion widening and rebuilding highway project.
Boondoggle: N.C. Road Expansion Disaster
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It's the first of nine installments! This edition focuses on North Carolina’s plan to complete the southern half of a loop highway around Raleigh. It's a boondoggle with epic environmental repercussions.
Boondoggles: Nine Projects That Should Not Happen
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Here's the thing with highway expansion projects: They're big. They're expensive. And they have limited benefit. Our friends at US PIRG present their annual report.
Racial Shifts Are Changing the Transit Landscape
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Mostly all white suburban counties that once rejected transit are now diverse and on the verge of embracing it.
Study: Better Transit Helps Latinos Live Healthier Lives
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Two dynamics are at work for Latinos — and both have negative effects.