Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Highway Expansion

A Reason to Give Thanks: State DOT Won’t Widen the Deegan

By Ben Fried | Nov 24, 2009 | 9 Comments

This just in: The State DOT will not widen exit ramps from the Major Deegan Expressway, the Mott Haven Herald reports. NYSDOT Region 11 spokesperson Adam Levine confirmed to Streetsblog that the agency will also refrain from adding "auxiliary lanes" as part of its plan to fix a segment of the Deegan along the Harlem […]

Think Roads Pay for Themselves? Think Again

By Elana Schor | Nov 24, 2009 | 12 Comments

The myth that U.S. roads “pay for themselves” thanks to user fees is a subject that’s likely familiar to many Streetsblog readers — but just how much of the nation’s highway funding is provided by charging drivers? The answer may surprise even active critics of the current asphalt-centric transportation system. Between 1982 and 2007, the […]

$266 Million to Widen the Deegan. Crumbs for a More Livable Bronx River.

By Ben Fried | Nov 19, 2009 | 13 Comments

More lanes, or more housing and parks? Image of proposed Deegan Expressway widening: NYSDOT. Image of the community plan for a de-commissioned Sheridan Expressway: SBRWA. Last week we reported on the state DOT’s expensive plan to widen part of the Major Deegan Expressway in the southwest Bronx, even as the agency fails to maintain upstate […]

Report: Even After MN Bridge Collapse, Transpo Earmarks Shun Repair

By Elana Schor | Nov 12, 2009 | No Comments

In the wake of the 2007 collapse of Minnesota’s I-35 bridge, Washington policymakers vowed a renewed focus on repairing the nation’s aging infrastructure. But weeks after the fatal collapse, Congress approved a transportation spending bill with 704 earmarked projects, at a total cost topping $570 million — and just 11 percent of those earmarks went […]

State DOT’s Misplaced Priorities: Widening Highways While Bridges Crumble

By Ben Fried | Nov 12, 2009 | 9 Comments

Earlier this week we asked why the state Department of Transportation still thinks it’s a good idea to widen highways in the middle of dense urban neighborhoods. The agency met with stiff resistance Monday when it presented plans for bigger ramps and more lanes where the Major Deegan Expressway passes through a redeveloping neighborhood in […]

State DOT Channels Spirit of Robert Moses in Major Deegan Expansion Plan

By Ben Fried | Nov 10, 2009 | 8 Comments

These are enlightened times for New York City’s local streets. The city is building sidewalk extensions, protected bike lanes, and better busways. But at the state DOT — the agency that controls the vast majority of New York’s federal transportation funding — much of the playbook still comes straight from the Robert Moses era. At […]

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