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Matt Casale

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Interstate 5, leading toward Portland. Oregon plans to widen the highway through the Rose Quarter.
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Boondoggle: Portland Takes a Step Backward

By Gideon Weissman and Matt Casale | Jun 28, 2019 | No Comments
Portland has made bold moves toward becoming a good place to get around without a car. But it's about to make a huge mistake in the Rose Quarter.
No amount of pavement can alleviate the traffic in Chicago, because any amount of roadway just attracts more people in cars. Photo: Ken Lund/Flickr
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Highway Boondoggles: Chicago’s Congestion Magnet

By Gideon Weissman and Matt Casale | Jun 25, 2019 | No Comments
The Tri-State Tollway through the western Chicago suburbs to O’Hare Airport is a testament to the fact that you can’t build your way out of congestion.
The High Desert Freeway could overburden desert ecosystems, altering the landscape and straining scarce water resources. Image: California Dept. of Transportation
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Highway Boondoggle: Golden State’s Desert Destruction

By Gideon Weissman and Matt Casale | Jun 24, 2019 | No Comments
California's $8-billion, 63-mile “High Desert Freeway" north of downtown Los Angeles would lead to more driving and more pollution, along with sprawling desert development.
The Michigan Department of Transportation has pointed to population growth in Oakland County as the reason the area needs a larger Interstate 75 north of Detroit. But projected growth shows the county adding fewer than 100,000 people between 2015 and 2045, across an area nearly four times as large as Chicago. Photo: Ken Lund
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Highway Boondoggles: Madness in Michigan

By Gideon Weissman and Matt Casale | Jun 21, 2019 | No Comments
The Great Lakes State is undertaking to expand the capacity of Interstate 75 — a project that is both unnecessary and will exacerbate the region’s problems.
The proposed “Complete 540” highway through the southern suburbs of Raleigh would divide neighborhoods and encourage sprawl. Image: North Carolina Dept. of Transportation
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Highway Boondoggles: Tar Heel State’s Road Expansion Disaster

By Gideon Weissman and Matt Casale | Jun 20, 2019 | No Comments
It's the first of nine installments! This edition focuses on North Carolina’s plan to complete the southern half of a loop highway around Raleigh. It's a boondoggle with epic environmental repercussions.
The North Houston Highway Improvement Project will expand already vast swaths of highway through the middle of Houston, displacing homes and businesses and dividing communities. Image: Texas Dept.of Transportation
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Highway Boondoggles 2019: Nine Projects That Should Never Happen

By Gideon Weissman and Matt Casale | Jun 18, 2019 | No Comments
Here's the thing with highway expansion projects: They're big. They're expensive. And they have limited benefit. Our friends at US PIRG present their annual report.
The proposed Highway 101 express lanes project would add more than 22 miles of new lanes, at a total cost of $534 million. Image: Caltrans.
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Highway Boondoggles: US 101 Expansion in San Mateo, California

By Matt Casale and Gideon Weissman | Jul 2, 2018 | No Comments
Caltrans has widened U.S. 101 seven times since 1996 and hasn't cured congestion. But it's not going to try a new approach.
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