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Highway Boondoggles 2023: Is the BQE the Queen of All Boondoggles?

Built between 1937 and 1964, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is an enduring symbol of the destructive, car-centric transportation planning of the early- to mid-20th century.

November 29, 2023

Highway Boondoggles 2023: The Pain in Maine Falls Mainly in … Gorham

Here's a self-defeating new highway that will merely exacerbate suburban sprawl — reinforcing the very conditions that are causing the traffic problems in the first place!

November 27, 2023

Highway Boondoggles 2023: Pandering in the Panhandle

How bad is this boondoggle? Supporters are trying to sell it as if it includes a fancy deck plaza — which it does not.

November 24, 2023