Highway Expansion
Milwaukee Protesters Try to Halt Double-Decker Freeway
Monday night, as the Wisconsin DOT went through the motions of a Power Point presentation about the latest highway expansion it wants to gouge through Milwaukee, a groups of protesters outside the meeting shouted their frustration with an agency that has spent lavishly on roads to the exclusion of all other modes.
June 18, 2014
Talking Headways Podcast: A Butterfly Flaps Its Wings In the Metro
The metro is coming to Loudon County, Virginia. Eventually.
June 13, 2014
Study: Corrupt States Spend More on Highways
A new academic study helps explain the enduring political popularity of expensive transportation boondoggles like Birmingham's $4.7 billion Northern Beltline and Kentucky's $2.6 billion Ohio River Bridges.
June 6, 2014
Detroit Has a $2 Billion Vacancy Crisis But the Region Still Splurges on Roads
On Tuesday, the results of a federal report on Detroit's vacancy crisis made jaws drop: The pricetag for tearing down and cleaning up the city's abandoned properties would be $1.85 billion, the report found.
May 29, 2014
Wisconsin’s Outdated Transportation Priorities Are Alienating Young People
Over-spending on roads is a bad idea for any state DOT. But it’s an especially bad idea if that state needs to retain more young people who don't want to be shackled to cars.
May 21, 2014
Wisconsin Responds to Public, Dumps Absurdly Wasteful Highway Project
"It is difficult to find any merit in the project at all."
April 21, 2014
Denver Auditor Blasts Plan to Widen I-70: “Ten Lanes Is Not an Option”
“Ten lanes is not an option. A doubling of the current width of I-70 through Denver is not acceptable.”
April 7, 2014
State DOTs Let Roads Fall Apart While Splurging on Highway Expansion
Even though 33 percent of its roads are in "poor" condition, West Virginia spends about 73 percent of its road budget building new roads and adding lanes. Mississippi spends 97 percent of its road money on expansion. Texas, 82 percent.
March 12, 2014
Traffic Plummets on the Highway Seattle Is Spending a Fortune to Replace
For months now, the largest tunnel boring machine in the United States has been broken down under the city of Seattle. Meanwhile, traffic on the highway that the tunnel is supposed to replace has plummeted, raising more questions about whether the project is worth the enormous expense.
February 21, 2014
Detroit Advocates Challenge Michigan DOT’s Highway Expansion Plans
Perhaps you've read recently about the city of Detroit's financial woes. The pensions of public employees are on the chopping block and Detroit may have to sell masterpieces from its art museum as it negotiates bankruptcy proceedings.
December 5, 2013