• Freeway fighting tide has turned

    The halting of three in-city freeway expansions highlights a new momentum on reversing the damage of highways through urban areas.
    The tide is turning on in-city freeways—but the movement to reverse course on these thoroughfares is just gaining momentum. In recent weeks, three highway expansion projects across the US have run into roadblocks or ended entirely. Oregon DOT (ODOT) declined to defend its environmental review to...Read more

  • Eight completed highway removals tell the story of a movement

    Today’s local freeway fighting campaigns are not without precedent. Explore eight projects that serve as inspiration for the highways-to-boulevards movement in cities today.
    The Highways to Boulevards movement has been advocating for freeway removal for decades and has had success in the US and worldwide. The eight highway transformation featured below illustrate the historical precedent of these projects and the potential impacts and benefits of removing highways from...Read more

  • The continuing relevance of Every Place Counts

    CNU led visioning sessions sponsored by US DOT in four cities in 2016, representing a landmark recognition of the wrongs committed in the name of in-city highway building.
    CNU’s recent launch of the Freeway Fighters network is the most recent chapter of its long history of advocating for the transformation of in-city highways. This story includes many projects over decades, some little remembered, that have chipped away, over time, at the status quo of highways...Read more

  • Introducing … The Freeway Fighters Network

    The CNU-supported network tracks more than 60 local freeway fighting efforts, coordinates collective action, and supports a shift toward multimodal transportation systems.
    Early in the Interstate era, an initial cadre of freeway fighters contested the misleading narrative of progress so often associated with highway building, especially in cities. Citizen-led groups like the Movement Against Destruction, the Emergency Committee on the Transportation Crisis, and...Read more