• Diverging diamond dystopia: Boston edition

    This article began as a would-be tweetstorm, until I realized there was too much to say. Jonathan Berk, director of Patronicity , tweeted out an image of this new intersection planned by MassDOT for Natick, a Boston suburb, and it was a shock. Sure, folks have built these monstrosities in Utah,...Read more

  • Buffalo needs a true boulevard to replace Skyway traffic

    Current NYSDOT proposals prioritize the high—speed movement of automobiles—the design should be improved to focus on safety and community.
    Do you have a few minutes to spare for the City of Buffalo? Two minutes, in fact. That’s all the additional travel time drivers will face if the NYS Department of Transportation designs a boulevard with a speed limit of 30 mph instead of 40 mph to replace the Buffalo Skyway. At the end of August,...Read more

  • The launch of Freeways Without Futures 2021

    Know a highway that’s got to go? Submit a nomination before November 25, 2020.
    This week the Congress for the New Urbanism launches our call for nominations to the seventh edition of its Freeways Without Futures report. Since its inception in 2008, our biennial report has covered over 30 different urban highways that burden the communities around them with significant health...Read more

  • A federal Highways to Boulevards program is the infrastructure project a healthy and equitable America needs

    Editor's note: Join us Tuesday, August 25th, for On the Park Bench: Equity-Driven Planning, a 2 p.m. (Eastern) webinar with Mitchell Silver, New York City Parks Commissioner, who will exhibit a variety of ways that equity, inclusivity, and diversity can enhance and enrich the urban realm. Register...Read more