Boondoggles
Racist Texas Highway Boondoggle Dealt Blow by Buttigieg’s FHWA
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.
March 12, 2021
Houston’s I-45 Project is More ‘Urban Renewal’ Racism
June 7, 2020
Op-Ed: A $7.5B Boondoggle Advances in Austin
March 2, 2020
Urban Transportation Funding To Fall as Rural America Cashes In Under Trump
December 4, 2019
Connecticut’s Transportation Plan Stymies Its Future
What is Gov. Ned Lamont doing building all these new roads to compete with transit?
November 19, 2019
Trump Guts Obama-Era Transit Funding to Build Roads
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.
November 13, 2019
Seattle Sues To Keep Vehicle Registration Fees — And Save Transit
Seattle leaders are not wasting any time to stymie a statewide ballot measure voters approved on Tuesday, announcing a lawsuit to block Initiative 976, which could drain tens of billions in transportation funding across the entire state by reducing annual vehicle registration fees. King County Executive Dow Constantine along with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and […]
November 7, 2019
Schumer Pushes Electric Cars — Here’s Why He’s Wrong
Message to the senior senator from New York: Electric cars are still cars — and they still suck.
October 25, 2019
