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Metro and Caltrans Break Ground on 105 Freeway Expansion
LA Streetsblog April 26, 2025
This morning Metro and Caltrans hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking for segment 1 of their 105 Freeway ExpressLanes project.
Truro Is Converting Part of An Obsolete Highway Interchange to Affordable Housing
Streetsblog Massachusetts April 28, 2025
Earlier this month, elected officials in Truro gathered at the town’s community center to celebrate the official groundbreaking of a new 43-unit housing development on the site of an unbuilt MassDOT highway off-ramp.
Breaking: House Moves to Rescind $3.1B for Reconnecting Communities Divided by Highways
Streetsblog USA April 30, 2025
Congressional transportation leaders have moved to rescind nearly all funding for one of the largest federal efforts to undo the damage caused by highway construction and other harmful infrastructure projects, jeopardizing billions of dollars for walking, biking, transit, and human-scaled places.
Congress Moves to End Reconnecting Communities and Related Grants
Planetizen May 1, 2025
The federal government could end all non-obligated funding for the Neighborhood Equity and Access program, amounting to over $3 billion in funds dedicated to highway removal and other infrastructure projects, reports Kea Wilson in Streetsblog USA.
Trust Fund Babies: Advocates Argue House-Proposed EV Fee Won’t Solve Highway Funding Woes
Streetsblog USA May 1, 2025
As America takes one step closer to introducing fees on electric vehicles that don’t pay gas taxes, advocates are warning Congress that they’re missing the bigger picture: a massive network of highways that we simply can’t afford to keep expanding, no matter how many EV fees or cuts to transit we might be tempted to try.
UWM students explore what’s possible if I-794 is removed
The Business Journals May 2, 2025
Architecture and urban planning students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee put together proposed master plans for the land that would become available if Interstate 794 was removed.