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Rethinking Road Expansions

Cyclist ride in designated bicycle lane in Philadelphia, Monday, May 24, 2010. More bikes returning to the road will bring with them the latest test of whether two-wheeled and four-wheeled commuters can peacefully coexist on the compact downtown streetscape first imagined in 1683 by William Penn. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

 

While many transportation agencies continue to expand highways, some major cities are shifting away from building more roads, bucking decades of car-centric planning. As Jared Brey reports in Governing, a few isolated cases are raising hopes that highway expansion will no longer be the status quo.

 

The tide may be turning—albeit slowly—against new road construction and expansion in favor of more climate-friendly alternatives.

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