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Not Just Fix It First
Submitted by JNorquist on Fri, 11/21/2008 - 5:40pmNew highway construction has been destructive to US Metro areas inducing sprawl and degrading existing neighborhoods.
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Buffalo's O'Neill: Let's keep waterfront route at grade level
Submitted by norabeck on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 9:10amBuffalo Niagara Riverkeeper's Julie O'Neill wrote a passionate opinion piece in the Buffalo News, "Let's keep waterfront route at grade level
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Buffalo Video Makes the Case for Teardown
Submitted by norabeck on Fri, 08/22/2008 - 4:37pmCheck out this video from the Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper reviewing the Southtowns Connector project in Buffalo NY.
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The Horror of Highways cont'd, The Educational Tradeoff: Easy Driving or Easy Breathing
Submitted by Carl.Beien on Tue, 08/19/2008 - 3:01pmThe University of Cincinnati has just completed an air pollution that takes another look at highway placement with respect to our daily patterns of living.
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Governing.com; King of the Road
Submitted by carterburn on Wed, 04/02/2008 - 12:35pmIn the April Transportation column of Governing.com Alex Marshall discuses and criticizes the tendencies of certain Conservative and Libertarian think tanks.
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John Norquist's Letter to Editor (Chicago Tribune) on Highway Maintenance
Submitted by Joe Menard on Thu, 08/16/2007 - 10:43amIn "Bad transportation policy, at a price," Chicago Tribune columnist Steve Chapman appropriately bemoans the federal funding of highway expansion over maintenance.
Federal funding favors spectacular expansion projects with attendant ribbon cuttings over routine inspection and maintenance that can h... read more »
Trailer for "Sprawling from Grace, Driven to Madness"
Submitted by norabeck on Wed, 06/06/2007 - 10:44amCheck out the trailer for a new feature-length documentary film from EMotion Pictures. The film explores the negative impact of sprawl on the nation’s largest cities and the promise of transit-oriented development as an alternative. It includes conversations with Peter Calthorpe, Shelley Poticha, ... read more »
CNU XV Blog, Part 10: highways
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 12:13pmThis morning, there was a great panel on expressways, focusing on the removal of riverfront expressways that cut off downtowns from rivers.
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George Will on transportation
Submitted by MLewyn on Tue, 03/13/2007 - 10:04pmGeorge Will wrote a column at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/09/AR200703...
which to some extent parrots the conventional road lobby wisdom. My thoughts on the relevant parts of his column:
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a new argument for the road lobby
Submitted by MLewyn on Sun, 03/11/2007 - 4:15pmOne argument I've seen a lot of in the media runs as follows: "Even though we've increased road space again and again in city after city, we still haven't done enough because road space has not kept up with vehicle miles traveled." What doesn't smell right about this argument?
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