Highway Boondoggles
Book Excerpt Special: The Incomplete Freeway Revolt
A new book looks at the destructive 20th-century urban development style — freeways, downtown office towers, suburban housing developments — that keeps Americans so dependent on their cars. Here's an excerpt.
The Bronx Needs a Mayor Who Will Reimagine the Entire Expressway Corridor
The question for the incoming mayor is simple: Will you stand with the Bronx as we fix an historic wrong?
State Pauses Billion-Dollar Route 17 Expansion in Hudson Valley
One of the biggest highway boondoggles in the state may finally die a merciful death, thanks to Gov. Hochul.
State DOT Scraps Cross Bronx Expansion Road On Highway Repair Plan
The state Department of Transportation will not build a "traffic diversion" structure next to the Cross Bronx Expressway — a highway expansion project that Streetsblog exposed.
State DOT’s Highway Habit Ignores Emissions Mandate: Report
The state's highway-centric transportation agency is still flouting the 2020 state climate law, and is doing little to change course, according to a lawyers' group.
Fed Up Bronxites Demand State Abandon Cross-Bronx ‘Diverter’ Scheme
If they've said it once they've said it a thousand times: No thonx to more Cross-Bronx.
State DOT Partially Backs Off Cross Bronx Expwy. Expansion
Advocates are still concerned about a project that will widen five bridges and create a temporary roadway.
Most NJ Gov. Candidates Have No Problem With ‘Boondoggle’ Turnpike Widening
The $11-billion highway expansion would double road capacity heading toward Lower Manhattan. Of the 10 contenders, only four said they oppose it.
NJ Still Backing Turnpike Widening Despite Congestion Pricing Success and Local Opposition
Congestion pricing is reducing traffic between New Jersey and New York — but Phil Murphy's $11-billion Turnpike widening would increase it.
State DOT Finally Offers Up Proposal To Repair the Cross Bronx Without Expanding It
An option that doesn't involve a parallel road that carries highway traffic but still creates a new east-west connection, had not initially been on the table.
