The halting of three in-city freeway expansions highlights a new momentum on reversing the damage of highways through urban areas.

Top StoryRobert SteutevilleJune 17, 2022urban freeways, freeway widening, freeway removal, highways, highway spending, DOT, colorado, transportation, infrastructure, success stories, end highway expansion, cnu, new york, oregon

America *Must* End Highway Expansions

Until we have a credible plan for maintaining our existing transportation infrastructure, we must stop building more roads and bridges. Period.

Top StoryStrong TownsJune 7, 2022highways, highway spending, transportation, transportation spending, infrastructure, infrastructure maintenance, infrastructure bill, maintenance, freeways, freeway widening, end highway expansion, member week

CDOT Cancels Highway Expansion Plans

In a moment to be celebrated, CDOT cancels highway expansion plans, stating they "have no money" to add vehicle capacity to I-25.

Top StorySeairra JonesMay 24, 2022transportation, transportation spending, highways, highway spending, freeway widening, freeways, colorado, success stories, end highway expansion

Northern Virginia Highway Plans Would Fuel a Massive Increase in Driving

North Virginia will make multi-billion dollar decisions this year on the region’s transportation future—decisions that are only going to induce more driving.

Top StoryBill PughApril 25, 2022car dependency, car culture, transportation, transportation spending, induced demand, highways, highway spending, freeways, freeway widening, virginia, washington dc, end highway expansion

The Brent Spence Boondoggle

Local leaders in Ohio and Kentucky are gearing up to make a multi-billion dollar mistake on this bridge equivalent of a highway-widening project.

Top StoryRyan CraneApril 18, 2022freeway widening, induced demand, highways, highway spending, transportation spending, kentucky, infrastructure, infrastructure cult, infrastructure spending, transparent local accounting, ohio

The Road That Killed a City

From its one-time status as one of America’s most prosperous cities, Hartford, CT, is now one of the poorest—no thanks to its mid-twentieth-century urban renewal projects.

Top StoryJay StangeMarch 16, 2022urban design, urban freeways, urban planning, Connecticut, highways, highway spending, suburban experiment, infrastructure, poverty, urban renewal, jane jacobs

Freeway Widening for Whomst?

Widening freeways is no way to promote equity.

Top StoryJoe CortrightMarch 9, 2022highways, highway spending, freeway widening, freeways, transportation, race, infrastructure, end highway expansion, oregon

The Bell Tolls for Thee, Maine...

Many local jurisdictions put off paying the bills for big capital projects. But this month, the bell tolls for Maine.

Top StoryJay StangeJanuary 11, 2022highways, highway spending, toll roads, infrastructure, transportation spending, transportation, transparent local accounting

How to Solve Traffic Congestion: A Miracle in Louisville?

Kentucky and Indiana wasted a billion dollars on highway capacity that people don’t use or value.

Top StoryJoe CortrightDecember 1, 2021traffic congestion, traffic engineering, toll roads, freeways, freeway widening, highways, highway spending, kentucky, indiana

The Infrastructure Bill, Racial Equity, and Local Government: How Should the Money Be Spent?

The $1 trillion infrastructure bill is being signed into law. But who gets to decide how the money will be spent, and will they make the right decisions for communities of color?

PodcastStrong TownsNovember 24, 2021podcast, highways, highway spending, infrastructure bill, infrastructure, infrastructure maintenance, infrastructure cost, federal government, federal funding, race, upzoned

ODOT Needs to Stop the I-5 Bridge Con

Next month, the Portland Metro government is being asked to approve $36 million in additional funds for further planning of a massive freeway project. It should say no.

Top StoryJoe CortrightNovember 12, 2021DOT, transportation, transportation spending, highways, highway spending, freeways, freeway widening, oregon, infrastructure

More Highways, More Driving, More Emissions

Fact: New roads always produce new driving. Say hello to “induced demand.”

Top StorySteve DavisNovember 11, 2021transportation, transportation spending, DOT, induced demand, traffic projections, highways, freeway widening, freeways, urban freeways, highway spending, environment, traffic engineering, end highway expansion

Freeway-Widening Grifters: Woke-Washing, Fraud, and Incompetence

ODOT has resorted to some truly cheap and deceptive marketing tactics to promote their new freeway-widening project.

Top StoryJoe CortrightSeptember 27, 2021infrastructure, freeways, freeway widening, urban freeways, highways, highway spending, race, end highway expansion, oregon

Selling Oregon into Highway Bondage

The Oregon Department of Transportation has been authorized to issue revenue bonds to finance potentially billions of dollars of highway widening projects.

Top StoryJoe CortrightAugust 3, 2021debt, infrastructure cost, highways, highway spending, toll roads, end highway expansion, oregon, infrastructure

Wisconsin’s Plan to Reduce Traffic Congestion Is Moving in the Wrong Direction

Wisconsin’s plan to expand a key highway in Milwaukee will not reduce congestion or travel times. In fact, the evidence suggests they’ll likely get worse.

Top StoryJames DaviesOctober 1, 2020highways, highway spending, wisconsin

Call "Time Out" on Highway Boondoggles

The work of teeing up the next generation of boondoggle highway projects doesn’t stop—not even for a global pandemic.

Top StoryTony DutzikApril 21, 2020highways, highway spending, Smart Growth America, infrastructure bill, infrastructure

How America's Highway Funding System is Like Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (and No, That's Not A Good Thing)

Hint: even if you get a road for free, you still have to pay to maintain it.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsSeptember 13, 2019podcast, reuter, fhwa, federal funding, roads, highway spending, highways, upzoned

What the Left Gets Wrong About Public Transportation

Hint: the Right isn’t any better.

MarohnStrong TownsAugust 30, 2019public transportation, incremental development, highway spending, transportation, federal funding, transportation spending

America's Infrastructure Priorities Need Repair

States have been neglecting basic road repairs in favor of costly road expansion. Yet the problem is still misleadingly framed by some as primarily about not having enough money.

Top StoryStephen Lee DavisMay 14, 2019Smart Growth America, federal transportation bill, highway spending, infrastructure