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Asheville Residents Challenge I-26 Construction Decisions
TribPapers May 27, 2025
Major new highway construction necessitates the acquisition of property.
This California Highway Is Now a Park. The Cars Are Gone, but Not the Anger.
The New York Times May 27, 2025
The transformation of a two-mile stretch of San Francisco’s Great Highway into a pedestrian promenade has set off a clash over the city’s anti-car culture.
What Transportation Priorities Could Get Cut Under the GOP’s ‘Big, Beautiful’ Budget Bill
Streetsblog USA May 28, 2025
The GOP’s “one big, beautiful” budget bill is “big, bad” news for America’s transportation future, environmental groups warn, unless advocates can organize to get the Republican-controlled Senate to fix it.
Two Lakefront Grants Survive Federal Scrutiny
Cleveland Magazine May 29, 2025
Two grants totaling $129 million, which survived federal scrutiny, will help fund Cleveland’s lakefront master plan.
Congested Austin highway dubbed ‘freeway without a future’
CultureMap Austin May 29, 2025
A national nonprofit organization advocating for the removal of freeways across the country has named I-35 in Austin on its 2025 list of “freeways without futures.”
Crowded Houston highway dubbed a ‘freeway without a future’
CultureMap Houston May 29, 2025
national nonprofit organization advocating for the removal of freeways across the country has named the Interstate 45 expansion in Houston on its 2025 list of “freeways without futures.”
Buffalo’s $1 billion cautionary tale for Baltimore’s ‘Highway to Nowhere’
The Baltimore Banner May 29, 2025
In the middle of the 20th century, the government tore up a tree-lined parkway in Buffalo to build a trenched expressway so that cars could get to the airport faster.
Rethinking I-794: What removing Seoul’s “Car Sewer” can teach Milwaukee
Milwaukee Independent May 29, 2025
Across the heart of Seoul, a river runs in a space previously buried under a concrete freeway.
No Road Map to Dollars: Funding Hurdles Loom for Local Freeway Projects
Milwaukee Magazine May 30, 2025
For the third time in as many months, Milwaukee residents can attend an informational meeting to get their questions answered about a major highway project.
NYSDOT Readies for Syracuse Viaduct Removal with Demolition Contract
Engineering News-Record May 30, 2025
The New York Dept. of Transportation (NYSDOT) is taking the first steps toward demolishing Syracuse’s Interstate 81 downtown viaduct, reconnecting and revitalizing disadvantaged neighborhoods divided by the structure for more than a half-century.