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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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Freeway Fighters News
Advocates Share What It Takes to Fight Highway Expansions in Court
Streetsblog USA July 19, 2024
A recent survey highlighted the challenges — and successes — that advocates encounter when they mount legal battles against transportation agencies over harmful highway expansions and uncovered insights other freeway fighters might use to pursue similar suits.
Colorado Requires DOT to Reduce Emissions. Is it Working?
Planetizen July 19, 2024
A Colorado state policy enacted in 2021 requires the state’s Department of Transportation (CDOT) to demonstrate how any new proposed highway project would reduce greenhouse gas emissions to qualify for state funding.
Covering I-75 aligns with plans to connect downtown, District Detroit
BridgeDetroit July 23, 2024
A proposal to cover part of the Fisher Freeway with a concrete pad that could host new parks, businesses and housing is closely connected to broader plans to reunite neighborhoods with downtown Detroit and its slowly developing entertainment district.
Deja vu: TxDOT plan to expand Interstate 10 could divide a Houston neighborhood again
Houston Landing July 23, 2024
There are few, if any, cottages left in Cottage Grove.