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Here is what is being said about freeway fighting this week. If you come across any articles, feel free to share and please let me know if you have any questions.
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California’s Federal Dollars Will Increase Emissions
Streetsblog California – Streetsblog NYC November 22, 2024
Two important reports came out recently, both detailing how federal transportation funding will result in higher greenhouse gas emissions, undermining other state and federal investments to reduce them.
Converting 794 To Boulevard Could Yield 3000 Housing Units, $1.1 Billion in Development
Urban Milwaukee November 22, 2024
A new report attempts to quantify the potential economic impact of replacing the east-west portion of Interstate 794 with a boulevard.
Removing Milwaukee I-794 would bring housing, tax revenue, study says
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel November 23, 2024
Replacing part of downtown Milwaukee’s Interstate 794 with surface streets could generate more than 3,000 housing units, and $535 million in property and sales taxes, over 30 years, a new study says.
Freeways: National highway expansion rejected by the people according to projections
Bluewin November 24, 2024
According to the results from the cantons, around 1,316,500 voters said no to the federal decree on the 2023 expansion phase for the motorways.
Which business are leaving due to the $13 billion I-45 expansion?
Houston Chronicle November 25, 2024
Multiple businesses along the path of the $13 billion Interstate 45 expansion project in Houston have moved as construction started in October.
Should States Like Texas Be Allowed to Grade Their Own Highway Homework?
Streetsblog USA November 25, 2024
In late October, protestors in Houston watched as officials wheeled a trough out into the middle of St. Emanuel Street and each scooped out a ceremonial shovelful of sand.
Street Views: The Real Cost of Highways
Streets.mn November 26, 2024
The issue of who benefits and who bears the burden of highway infrastructures goes beyond the physical spaces taken from communities to build these urban roadways.
Cross Bronx Expressway expansion plan under fire from officials, community groups
abc7NY November 26, 2024
Some elected officials and several advocacy groups are expressing concerns over a proposed expansion of the Cross Bronx Expressway.
Borough Groups Join Forces to Oppose Cross-Bronx Expansion Project
THE CITY – NYC News November 26, 2024
More than a dozen community and advocacy groups are joining forces against a $900 million “Five Bridges Project” to “transform” the Cross Bronx Expressway.
Study shows I-794 removal could mean thousands of more housing units
The Daily Reporter November 27, 2024
Removing a stretch of the Interstate 794 highway in Milwaukee will create more than a billion dollars in property values and create up to 3,000 housing units, according to an advocacy group-commissioned study.
Reversing Course Again, Sec. Tibbits-Nutt Says Allston Project Will Include Multi-Acre Train …
StreetsBlog Mass December 3, 2024
In an email to elected officials earlier this week, MassDOT Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt wrote that the state’s plans for a new $2 billion highway interchange in Allston “will include layover tracks for MBTA/Compass Rail trains, two express tracks for the Worcester Mainline, and a larger buffer path,” contrary to comments she’d made earlier this year.
Milwaukee Interstate Removal Would Create Space for Thousands of New Housing Units
Planetizen December 3, 2024
A new report outlines the potential benefits of replacing a portion of Interstate 794 in Milwaukee with an at-grade boulevard to create more space for development and other uses.
Increase in Cost of I-35 “Caps” Means Less Money for Other City Projects
The Austin Chronicle December 5, 2024
Transportation officials and local elected leaders have pitched building “caps” over I-35 to create public spaces as a way of improving a highway expansion project that will have negative climate effects while even Texas Department of Transportation engineers acknowledge the expansion will not alleviate traffic congestion much, but now officials are clear – the caps themselves will threaten funding for other city services and infrastructure projects in the future.
Niagara Scenic Parkway removal Phase 3 turning it into normal road, taking out overbuilt
niagara-gazette.com December 5, 2024
Removing overbuilt roads. New parking at Niagara Gorge overlooks. New roundabouts. A trail going across the hydropower plant.