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Going Out With A Bang: Biden’s USDOT Pledges Funding to Infrastructure Projects
StreetsBlog Mass January 14, 2025
Late last week, working under the deadline of inauguration day, the Biden administration’s United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced a blitz of new grants that will fund various Massachusetts infrastructure projects from the 2021 infrastructure law.
Video: Why We Need a Global Freeway Fighters’ Network
Streetsblog USA January 14, 2025
From where we sit, it is easy to imagine that things are much better in Europe and other parts of the world because of all the glowing reports of sustainable transportation success stories from places like Paris and Amsterdam.
Transit advocates back bill to encourage alternatives to highway expansion projects
City & State New York January 14, 2025
Fresh off the start of congestion pricing in New York City, transit and environmental advocates are looking to decrease car dependence statewide.
‘A Big Deal’: Buttigieg’s Final Grants Give Hundreds of Millions To Sustainable Transportation
Streetsblog USA January 15, 2025
The Biden administration is releasing hundreds of millions of dollars for non-automotive transportation in its final days — before an expected change in approach by the incoming Trump administration.
Study to analyze feasibility of installing parks over Katy Freeway
KHOU January 15, 2025
Harris County won a $2 million federal grant to study the feasibility of creating a cap park over I-10, aiming to reconnect communities divided for decades.
Harris County Precinct 4 receives $2 million federal grant to plan ‘cap park’ along Katy Freeway
Houston Public Media January 16, 2025
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced it will be awarding a $2 million grant to Harris County Precinct 4 for its Interstate 10 Inner Katy Cap Park study.
Where Metro and Caltrans Are Widening L.A. Freeways, Sabotaging the Climate, Fanning the Flames
Streetsblog LA January 16, 2025
Climate disruption is here.
Nonprofit lands $2 million grant to address East Side connectivity around three highways
KSAT January 17, 2025
An East Side nonprofit has received a federal planning grant to explore connectivity around four community highways, including potentially establishing greenspaces or pedestrian-friendly corridors over the highways.
A $14.5 million grant will help reconnect Portland to the riverfront
LOUtoday – 6AM City January 17, 2025
With I-64 blocking the way since the 1970s, Louisville’s Portland neighborhood has lost connection with its origin as a port on the Ohio River.
City of Lansing to study ways to reconnect neighborhoods divided by I-496
WKAR January 17, 2025
The city of Lansing has been awarded a $1 million grant to develop a plan to build a cap over I-496 that would reconnect a community that became isolated by construction of the highway with the rest of the city.
Innerbelt project receives $10 million in funding
Akron.com January 17, 2025
U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-District13) announced Jan. 8 the City of Akron received a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to help with the Reconnecting West Akron Innerbelt Project.
Rondo land bridge over I-94 in St. Paul receives further federal funding
MSN January 17, 2025
An ambitious project to create a land bridge over I-94 in St. Paul to reconnect the historic Rondo neighborhood decimated by the interstate’s construction has received a further federal funding boost.
New Park Space Planned Over I-75 in Downtown Detroit Moves to Final Design Stage
DBusiness Magazine January 17, 2025
The I-75 Cap Design Engineering Project has received $2 million in funding to continue the next phase of the project as it moves to final design, enabling it to become shovel-ready.
‘Everyone thought it would cause gridlock’: the highway that Seoul turned into a stream
The Guardian January 17, 2025
On a crisp December morning, office workers and tourists stroll along a tree-lined stream in central Seoul, pausing on stepping stones that cross its flowing waters.