Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Highway Expansion

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s Bogus Fiscal Conservatism Doesn’t Apply to Highways

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 22, 2017 | No Comments

The governor who killed a $3 billion Baltimore light rail project out of faux fiscal prudence yesterday announced $9 billion in highway expansions.

The Mayor of Portland Is Cheerleading for a Highway Expansion

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 18, 2017 | No Comments

Ted Wheeler, the mayor of Portland, came out swinging last week against residents who are trying to stop a $450 million widening of I-5 in the Rose Quarter.

The Woman Who Led a Highway Revolt in Dallas — and Won

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 11, 2017 | No Comments

Stopping a highway project is never easy. It's even harder when the highway is in a city like Dallas. And yet this week, the Dallas City Council pulled the plug on the $1.7 billion Trinity Toll Road in a 13-2 vote. A key figure in the highway revolt is Council Member Angela Hunt.

The “Outer Beltway” Is DC’s Zombie Highway Project That Won’t Stay Dead

By Stephen Miller | Aug 7, 2017 | No Comments

Thanks to road boosters in the suburbs of Washington, DC, another highway bridge across the Potomac River -- part of an old plan for a second beltway around the nation’s capital -- is still officially a possibility.

Cleveland Clinic Lets Slip That the “Opportunity Corridor” Isn’t About Opportunity At All

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 18, 2017 | No Comments

The official line on the $331 million road project was that it would help poor Cleveland residents, not whisk people past their neighborhoods to reach the Cleveland Clinic. It was a lie.

All the Effort That Went Into Fighting a Dallas Highway Is About to Pay Off

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 12, 2017 | No Comments

The Trinity Parkway would cost $1.5 billion, further entrench car dependence, and ruin riverfront parkland and natural habitat. But now, after a sustained campaign that turned highways and transportation into a central issue in local elections, the Dallas City Council is on the verge of killing the project.

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