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Highway Boondoggle Case Study #1: Georgia’s Effingham Parkway
The Effingham Parkway expansion is premised on the idea that the Panama Canal expansion will see more cargo coming through Georgia ports — but there are many holes in that logic. Image: Georgia Ports...
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Will NCDOT Break the Bank on an 8-Lane Highway Through Asheville?
North Carolina thinks this justifies doubling highway capacity through a walkable, bikeable city. Image: U.S. PIRG and the Frontier Group Tomorrow, U.S. PIRG and the Frontier Group will release a...
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Southern California Road Agency Courts Bankruptcy With Highway Addition
California 241 needs an extension so more people can not use it. Photo: Transportation Corridor Agencies via U.S. PIRG and Frontier Group Today, U.S. PIRG and the Frontier Group released a new report,...
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WisDOT Falls Back on Old Data to Justify Double-Decker Urban Highway
Does this chart cry out for more roadway capacity to you? Image: U.S. PIRG and Frontier Group U.S. PIRG and the Frontier Group released a report yesterday, “Highway Boondoggles: Wasted Money and...
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The Dallas Trinity Parkway Plan Horrifies Even Its Earliest Champions
Every river needs a nine-lane highway running alongside it to enhance its scenic qualities, don’t you think? This gauzy rendering comes from a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers briefing presented to the...
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Cleveland’s Opportunity Corridor: An Opportunity to Destroy a Community
Residents of this depressed Cleveland neighborhood don’t see much opportunity in the new Opportunity Corridor that’s going to destroy 76 homes. Photo: Bob Perkoski A recent report by U.S. PIRG and the...
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Using L.A. Traffic Counts to Justify Sprawl in the Arizona-Nevada Desert
Congestion relief has nothing to do with Arizona and Nevada’s zeal to expand U.S. Route 93 and rebrand it I-11. Photo: I-11 Study A recent report by U.S. PIRG and the Frontier Group, “Highway...
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Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct: King of the Highway Boondoggles
The Alaskan Way Viaduct, damaged decades ago, will be rebuilt as a double-decker highway, even though a transit-heavy alternative would have been at least as effective at reducing congestion. Photo:...
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How Colorado DOT’s Dubious Traffic Projections Could Soak the Public
C-470 as it exists today. Congestion benefits to adding additional lanes won’t be felt for 18 to 26 more years. Photo: AA Roads A recent report by U.S. PIRG and the Frontier Group, “Highway...
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To Destabilize Detroit’s Fragile Renaissance, Go Ahead and Widen I-94
Several historic buildings, including Detroit’s oldest recording studio, would be mowed down to widen I-94 for no reason. Photo: Mode Shift via U.S. PIRG and Frontier Group A recent report by U.S. PIRG...
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The Illiana Expressway Will Eat Itself
The Illiana Expressway fails on all measures — expected revenue, projected traffic — when looked at realistically. Unfortunately, Illinois and Indiana don’t look at it that way. Image: Parsons...
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