America needs a “roads review”
Wales took a hard look at its highway program and made an abrupt U-turn. The U.S. should follow.
Highways & infrastructure
What if we could build a future where cars, highways and outdated infrastructure don’t dominate our lives?
Which highway and infrastructure projects our government spends money on can shape our communities and have a direct impact on the quality of our lives. But far too often we are cut out of those decisions, or lack the information we need to make sure bad projects are stopped, and the right investments get made. Together we can make sure our leaders are making the right choices, and building a better future for all of us.
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New report spotlights wasteful highway boondoggles across the country
I-25 Central through Denver offers the perfect chance to expand options and put Colorado on a better transportation path
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Sun Valley community members highlight the impact of removing I-25 widening from state’s transportation plan
New report spotlights wasteful highway boondoggles across the country
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New report highlights wasteful U.S. highway boondoggles, including one in Massachusetts
Report calls for redirecting infrastructure funds away from harmful highway expansions and toward repairing existing roads, investing in public transit, and giving people more options to travel in ways that are clean, convenient and beneficial to our health and our communities.
Denver region approves removal of I-25 widening project from transportation plan
In a final step, Denver's regional planning body approved the removal of the I-25 Central widening project from its transportation plan, following a similar action by the Colorado Department of Transportation last week.
Victory: CDOT removes I-25 widening from construction plans, replaces with over $100 million in transit, safety improvements
Transportation advocates and neighborhood leaders gathered in Denver’s Sun Valley neighborhood on Thursday to celebrate the removal of a massive highway widening project in their backyard along Interstate-25.
New report spotlights M-83 expansion among national U.S. highway boondoggles
Maryland PIRG Foundation and Frontier Group released a new report on Thursday that exposes highway boondoggles across the country that, if completed, would not only waste billions of dollars but also worsen climate change, harm air quality and deepen our country’s harmful dependency on cars.
USDOT now accepting applications for the Reconnecting American Communities program
Many communities were cut off by highway projects. A new program aims to help.