Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Infrastructure

Rest In Pieces, ‘Fix-it-First’: Biden Caves to GOP on Highway Expansions

By Gabriel Baumgaertner | Mar 7, 2023 | No Comments

The Biden administration has caved to GOP pressure and will no longer push states to repair existing highways before building new ones, a move that angered livable cities advocates.

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Talking Headways Podcast: What Does a Transportation Lobbyist Do?

By Jeff Wood | Jan 24, 2023 | No Comments

"It’s good to have different people with different ideas around the table sort of hashing things out and working on, you know, very pressing and important issues," says the lobbyist.

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Steal This Idea: Cincinnati Hires In-House Crew To Build Pedestrian Infrastructure

By Kea Wilson | Jan 5, 2023 | No Comments

In what could be a model for cities across America, Cincinnati is creating an in-house team to build safer streets for people who walk and roll, and vaulting over one of the most common roadblocks to saving vulnerable road users lives.

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Highway Boondoggles, Part II: Induced Demand Across the Ohio River

By Matt Casale | Sep 15, 2022 | No Comments

The Brent Spence Bridge is a vital link between Covington, Ky., and Cincinnati. The plan to replace it is though, is a boondoggle. Here's why.

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How the Infrastructure Law Could Fast-Track Harmful Highway Boondoggles

By James Horrox | Sep 13, 2022 | No Comments

Federal money could be spent on fixing our aging roads, making our streets safer, and making it easier to travel on transit, by bike or on foot, giving Americans real, viable options for getting around without having to drive. Unfortunately, though, it won't.

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Three GOP Senators Want to Protect Motorists’ Ability to Drive Drunk

By Kea Wilson | Aug 1, 2022 | No Comments

A new bill from three Senate Republicans would repeal a law that aimed to end drunk driving.

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