Hi all,
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.
The call for nominations for the ninth biannual Freeways Without Futures report closes November 1! For campaigns that have graduated from FWF nominee or have received Reconnecting Communities financing, please submit updates.
The TAME Coalition has produced a documentary called Road to Ruin, A Moral Choice – Cancelling Proposed Midcounty Highway Extended M83 An Injustice to Climate and Community about the decision facing Montgomery County’s elected and appointed officials. Watch now.
Freeway Fighters News
Urban Roadway in America: The Amount, Extent, and Value
Journal of the American Planning Association October 2024
We estimated that the average cost of expanding roadways exceeded the benefits by a factor of nearly three when accounting for land value.
Federal Highway Officials Reach Agreement With Alabama Over Claims It Discriminated
Inside Climate News October 5, 2024
The Federal Highway Administration has reached a voluntary resolution agreement with the Alabama Department of Transportation over claims that it discriminated against residents through a highway expansion project that led to repeated flooding of a historically Black community.
Houston Rethinks Freeway Spaces with New Initiatives for Urban Renewal
Hoodline October 6, 2024
In Houston, the ever-present freeways, looming large over the city like concrete sentinels, have for decades served simply as thoroughfares for bustling traffic.
Kentucky to study I-64 impact in Louisville’s Portland neighborhood
The Courier-Journal October 8, 2024
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is applying for a federal grant that could improve access to the waterfront in Louisville’s Portland neighborhood.
Study: How Three Presidents Shaped Our Local Transportation Landscape
Streetsblog USA October 9, 2024
The Trump administration focused federal transportation grants on widening rural highways while the Biden administration prioritized multimodal projects in communities of color, according to a new analysis of one of America’s most critical discretionary grant programs.
City Delays Road Diet Under BQE Despite Hyping Its ‘Reconnect Communities’ Effort
Streetsblog NYC October 10, 2024
Adams administration officials on Wednesday touted new concepts to reconnect communities severed by Robert Moses’s Brooklyn-Queens Expressway — yet have apparently wavered on a plan to do just that under the highway in Sunset Park after business interests pushed back on the safety overhaul, Streetsblog has learned.
NYC considering capping parts of BQE using fed funds to reconnect divided communities
amNewYork October 10, 2024
City officials on Wednesday for the first time raised the possibility of capping portions of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, utilizing federal dollars meant to bridge communities divided by urban highways.
$2M Sought For Undoing Highway Harms
New Haven Independent October 10, 2024
It doesn’t have to be like this.