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Racist Texas Highway Boondoggle Dealt Blow by Buttigieg’s FHWA

By Kea Wilson | Mar 12, 2021 | No Comments

One of Texas's most-notorious highway expansion projects is being put on pause, thanks to a U.S. Department of Transportation that's newly committed to mitigating the racist impacts of federally funded transportation projects.

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Houston’s I-45 Project is More ‘Urban Renewal’ Racism

By Kea Wilson | Jun 7, 2020 | No Comments

Racist highway policies of the 1940s and 1950s are still with us today.

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Op-Ed: A $7.5B Boondoggle Advances in Austin

By Kea Wilson | Mar 2, 2020 | No Comments

Austin just approved funding to expand its most notorious highway. It's bad news for public safety — and for their municipal budget.

Elaine L. Chao (Secretary of Transportation, United States of America) at the plenary session on "Connecting regions for sustainable growth" at the International Transport Forums 2019 Summit on Transport Connectivity for Regional Integration in Leipzig, Germany, on 22 May 2019.

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Urban Transportation Funding To Fall as Rural America Cashes In Under Trump

By Aaron Short | Dec 4, 2019 | No Comments

It's a great time to be living in the middle of nowhere as President Trump directs more transportation funds to his rural base.

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Connecticut’s Transportation Plan Stymies Its Future

By Aaron Short | Nov 19, 2019 | No Comments

What is Gov. Ned Lamont doing building all these new roads to compete with transit?

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Trump Guts Obama-Era Transit Funding to Build Roads

By Aaron Short | Nov 13, 2019 | No Comments

Obama allocated 28 percent of federal grants to transit. It's 8.5 percent under Trump. And funding for bike and pedestrian projects dropped to zero.

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