Gideon Weissman
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Boston Has a Choice Between Two Transportation Futures
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Unlike some other projects in this report, there is no escaping the need for major investment in transportation infrastructure in this section of Boston. The question is how.
Highway Boondoggles 2020: S.E. Connector, Texas
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This $1.6-billion project would also use valuable state resources even as basic transit needs in Fort Worth go unmet.
Highway Boondoggles 2020: M-CORES, Florida
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Despite $1 billion in budget cuts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Florida's 2020-21 budget still includes $90 million for this boondoggle, which could threaten the endangered Florida panther with extinction.
Highway Boondoggles 2020: I-526 Extension in S.C.
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The I-526 extension would have minimal impact on travel times, saving drivers mere seconds at the expense of the region's protected wetlands.
Highway Boondoggles 2020: Birmingham’s Northern Beltline
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The $5.3-billion project is a 52-mile, six-lane expressway that's almost entirely reliant on intermittent and insufficient federal funding, and scheduled to take at least 40 years to complete.
Highway Boondoggles 2020: Illinois’s I-57 Interchange
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Illinois officials have budgeted $206 million for a new interchange on I-57 that would take drivers onto a road through undeveloped farmland 44 miles south of Chicago in Will County, Illinois.
Meet 2020’s Worst Highway Boondoggles: The Loop 1604 Expansion, Texas
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Estimated cost: $1.36 billion
Meet 2020’s Worst Highway Boondoggles: The Cincinnati Eastern Bypass
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The project would also lead to more driving and more pollution. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet found that the project is likely to increase the number of vehicles traveling in the area by thousands of trips per day.
Can COVID-19 Finally Kill the Highway Boondoggle?
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America was already faced with the need to make critical transportation investments. And then COVID-19 hit, upending travel patterns and undercutting the traditional sources of government transportation revenue.
Op Ed: We Shouldn’t Fix Some “Crumbling” Highways
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Americans shouldn't have to choose between building endless new highway miles and endlessly fixing the roads that destroy our places — because there are a lot of highways that deserve to be decommissioned.
Boondoggle: Virginia’s Unlovable I-81 Expansion
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Officials have pointed to safety as a key reason for the need to expand the highway. Yet, in 2010, state officials raised speed limits to 70 mph along much of I-81, a move that likely made the road more dangerous.
Boondoggle: Portland Takes a Step Backward
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Portland has made bold moves toward becoming a good place to get around without a car. But it's about to make a huge mistake in the Rose Quarter.