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Tuesday’s Headlines 6/22/2021: Colorado is still focused on highways
Denver, RTD, and the Metro Area Denver Air Quality Index: 9 a.m.: 46 (Good). Yesterday’s max: 54 (Moderate) Centennial State Missing Cyclist Greg Smith Found Dead In Snowmass Creek (CBS Local) CDOT still reviewing I-25 toll management bid (BizWest) I-25 improvements remain on track despite COVID-19, supply-chain crunch (BizWest) Gov. Jared Polis signs parks bills … Continued
June 22, 2021
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
Biden Decries US DOT’s Destruction of Black Communities — But Will His Administration Make Reparations?
President Biden won points among some antiracist transportation advocates for calling out federal highway projects for destroying Black communities – and then lost points by failing to call for the USDOT itself to make reparations to the people it has harmed.
January 28, 2021
Senate Considering $10B for Highway Removal
January 10, 2021
Why Highway Teardowns Make Great Infrastructure (and Equity) Investments
December 9, 2020
Memo from Seattle: Burying Crumbling Urban Highways Isn’t the Answer
March 4, 2020
Op-Ed: A $7.5B Boondoggle Advances in Austin
March 2, 2020
Mobility Advocates Clash With Labor Over Transportation Money
November 6, 2019
I-70 Widening Has Already Diverted $50M From Smarter Transpo Projects
Whether it’s the marginalization of Globeville, Elyria, and Swansea residents, the stark threat of respiratory illness, or the simple fact that widening roads does not solve traffic congestion, the I-70 expansion planned between Brighton Boulevard and Tower Road is a terrible idea. Still, the highway project with a $1.8 billion starting price tag has a … Continued
May 7, 2015