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Alternative transportation
fromStreetsblog
4 hours ago

California Must Stop Expanding Highways - Streetsblog San Francisco

California allocates transportation funding to highway expansion projects despite tailpipe pollution causing half of state greenhouse gas emissions, contradicting the need to prioritize sustainable travel alternatives.
California
fromStreetsblog
1 day ago

StreetSmart 15: Homes Before Highways - Streetsblog California

Over 800 homes demolished in six years for highway projects in California, revealing how transportation investments reduce housing supply and destabilize communities while remaining overlooked in housing policy debates.
#cross-bronx-expressway
fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago
US news

Advocates urge state to nix Cross Bronx Expressway expansion plan ahead of crucial deadline | amNewYork

fromStreetsblog
2 months ago
New York City

Advocates to Mamdani: Come See the Cross Bronx Impact for Yourself! - Streetsblog New York City

fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago
US news

Advocates urge state to nix Cross Bronx Expressway expansion plan ahead of crucial deadline | amNewYork

fromStreetsblog
2 months ago
New York City

Advocates to Mamdani: Come See the Cross Bronx Impact for Yourself! - Streetsblog New York City

more#cross-bronx-expressway
Social justice
fromStreetsblog
3 months ago

Displacement and Dollars Down the Drain: The Data Behind California's Highway Expansion Crisis - Streetsblog California

California's highway expansions displaced homes and businesses, increased congestion, and consumed billions while masking demolitions and generational harm until mandated disclosure revealed the impacts.
US politics
fromStreetsblog
4 months ago

Talking Headways Podcast: Why Are We Going Backwards? - Streetsblog USA

Federal transportation funding continues to prioritize highway expansion while rail and transit receive minimal obligated federal dollars, and grant freezes plus limited project transparency hinder better investment.
fromStreetsblog
5 months ago

State Pauses Billion-Dollar Route 17 Expansion in Hudson Valley - Streetsblog New York City

The New York State Department of Transportation has quietly announced that it was pausing work on a controversial highway expansion in the Hudson Valley that locals opposed. Earlier this month, the agency posted, but did not distribute, a statement on its website announcing that the Route 17 widening project in the Catskills - long regarded as one of the biggest highway boondoggles in the state - had been put on ice.
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New York City
fromStreetsblog
5 months ago

State DOT's Highway Habit Ignores Emissions Mandate: Report - Streetsblog New York City

New York DOT is expanding highways, avoiding emissions reviews, and ignoring equity requirements, undermining the state's 2020 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.
#environmental-justice
fromCity Limits
8 months ago
NYC politics

Opinion: On National Highway Day, Lady Bird Johnson's Legacy Beckons Us to Stop the Cross Bronx Expansion

fromCity Limits
8 months ago
NYC politics

Opinion: On National Highway Day, Lady Bird Johnson's Legacy Beckons Us to Stop the Cross Bronx Expansion

more#environmental-justice
California
fromStreetsblog
8 months ago

California Transportation Commission Unanimously Approves Funds for All Recommended Highway Projects - Streetsblog California

California Transportation Commission funds highway projects, igniting criticism from environmental groups over the controversial expansion initiatives.
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