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How Trump’s Radical Remaking of Environmental Review Process Could Reshape Transportation
Streetsblog USA March 3, 2025
The Trump administration is quickly moving to radically transform the implementation of America’s bedrock environmental rule to ignore “environmental justice” and prioritize “efficiency and certainty over any other policy objectives” — a move that advocates fear could be a handout to Big Highway.
Urban highways are barriers to social ties
PNAS March 5, 2025
Highways are physical barriers that cut opportunities for social connections, but the magnitude of this effect has not been quantified.
New Report Quantifies Five Years of Caltrans Freeway Expansion, including Demolitions
Streetsblog California March 6, 2025
In 2023, the state legislature approved Senator Lena Gonzalez’ S.B. 695 which mandated Caltrans share project data publicly.
Traffic news: NYSDOT reevaluates Kensington project amid court ruling
WGRZ March 7, 2025
One month ago, State Supreme Court judged Emilio Colaiacovo issued a ruling that mandates the New York State Department of Transportation conduct an Environmental Impact Statement for the Kensington Expressway project.
Buffalo’s Billion-Dollar Freeway Fix Is on Ice, But Not Because of Trump
Bloomberg News March 7, 2025
Across the US, state departments of transportation are scrambling to determine whether they can proceed with projects funded by the Biden Administration’s signature infrastructure bills.