Highway Expansion
Highway Boondoggles: Interstate 35 Expansion in Austin
Magical thinking about congestion makes this one of the top highway boondoggles in the country.
July 5, 2018
Highway Boondoggles: I-49 Inner City Connection in Shreveport, Louisiana
Like the city-shredding monstrosities of the 20th Century, Shreveport's highway plan would slice through a black neighborhood.
July 3, 2018
Highway Boondoggles: I-94 Expansion in Wisconsin
The highway widening will cost up to $1.9 billion. It is part of an insanely generous package of giveaways to lure electronics manufacturer Foxconn to Wisconsin.
June 29, 2018
Highway Boondoggles: US 101 Expansion in San Mateo, California
Caltrans has widened U.S. 101 seven times since 1996 and hasn't cured congestion. But it's not going to try a new approach.
June 28, 2018
North Carolina DOT Threatens to Steamroll Asheville’s Highway-to-Boulevard Plans
Asheville has a plan to salvage part of its city from a highway. But North Carolina DOT wants to rush forward with a highway rebuild without committing to that plan.
June 28, 2018
Highway Boondoggles: LBJ East Expansion in Dallas, Texas
16 lanes. A $1.6 billion price tag. More traffic. Less transit. Yep, it's a boondoggle.
June 27, 2018
Larry Hogan’s Highway Building Binge Threatens to Force Hundreds of People From Their Homes
Uprooting economically vulnerable people to make room for roads isn't a relic of the 1960s -- it's alive and well in Maryland in 2018.
June 22, 2018
Miami’s Mindless Highway Addiction Gets the Mockery It Deserves
A 15-mile highway extension would bring sprawl to the edge of the Everglades and drain resources that could be used for transit.
June 18, 2018
The Greenwashing of a Portland Highway Expansion
The old political instinct to cram more cars through cities never dies - not even in Portland.
May 16, 2018
Metro Detroit’s Highway Fixation Explains Why Our Infrastructure Is Broken
Only 20 percent of the region's highways are in good condition. And yet the regional transportation agency is planning $4 billion in highway widenings.
March 13, 2018
