#FreewayFighters resisting I-49 ICC through historic Black neighborhood, Allendale. Chip in: https://xitter.cf/t.co/2T4RzUi36Z

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In the late 80s, San Francisco's Embarcadero Freeway carried 100,000 vehicles per day as a sort of traffic sewer, blocking the city from the expansive waterfront. But in 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake rocked the freeway beyond repair, giving planners and engineers no choice but to distribute all that traffic to surface streets. The results... The local streets absorbed the traffic, transit ridership shot up, housing soared, new jobs opened, and various redevelopment projects transformed the waterfront. Think about that. After part of a downtown freeway collapsed, the area began to thrive and turned into a highly sought after destination.
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Mic drop. Please retweet.
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When traffic forecasters were disappointed by the traffic model outputs, the forecasters simply changed them by hand, passing off the doctored numbers as genuine results of the model. @USDOTFHWA has given the practice a wink and a nod. dissentmagazine.org/online_a…
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We are jumping for joy about this!!!!🥳 This $25,000 grant will help us to hire world-class experts to fight TxDOT in courts, and we need y'all's help once again to fill our fundraising gap! 🙏zeffy.com/en-US/fundraising/… More information about our grant: kxan.com/traffic/traffic-pro…
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BREAKING: Mike Pence has announced that he cannot in good conscience vote for Donald Trump. Retweet to make sure every American sees this clip.
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Our lawyers have been hard at work, and the I-35 lawsuit is picking up steam! 🥳 THIS COMING MONDAY is the pretrial conference where a judge will meet with the lawyers from both sides and determine timing of next steps and trial. 🧑‍⚖️ We're so excited! More updates soon!
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Reminder: you can keep up with freeway fighting news from across the country through the Freeway Fighter's Network weekly digest! 🗞️ It's a great resource for latest and greatest in U.S. freeway fighting. freeway-fighters.org/categor…
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The dirty secret about American highways—and how unlikely alliances can fix it. slate.trib.al/pqHEVcX
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BREAKING: In a stunning announcement, local GOP leaders in Pennsylvania are banding together to support Kamala Harris. Donald Trump is a threat to democracy and even Republicans acknowledge it. Retweet so all Americans see this.
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If your city cannot financially sustain its essential infrastructure without outside support, your city is fragile and its future is tenuously dependent on others.
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BREAKING: The media is finally reporting on the stunning audio tape of JD Vance suggesting there is a reasonable comparison between abortion and slavery. Retweet so every American sees the media finally take Vance to task for his horrendous comments.
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We consider the May CAMPO vote a victory! 🏆
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BREAKING: In a stunning announcement, Alyssa Griffin, a Trump appointee, announced she saw Donald Trump mull over an Executive Order that would remake every civil servant into a political appointee loyal only to Trump. Retweet so every American sees this.
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Tourism is a curse when it is pursued as an end unto itself. At best, it is the means to an end, something to mature beyond. Places stuck as tourist destinations are extractive and exploitative of locals. Always build your city for the people you have, not the people you want.
Tourism is a curse. The place becomes unlivable. Real estate values rise but future generations priced out of the market. Convenience stores become luxury outlets. Natives move out, jet setters own empty apartments.. The planet is too small & everybody wants to go to Venice.
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Former city council members understand what it takes to make cities stronger.
"I'm a Strong Towns aficionado. I think they have it virtually correct," says Massachusetts Congressman Jake Auchincloss in an interview with Brookline News. Improving housing affordability on a local scale should be a priority for all policy-makers.
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This project will be Houston’s costliest failure. This drainage project has been promised as a simple and necessary kickoff to the NHHIP. But at $20M over budget with the lowest bid, it’s an omen for the years of ballooning costs to come.
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Small businesses like this Lancaster ice cream shop depend on good infrastructure too! Right outside on W. Lemon St., we're funding street improvements through President Biden's infrastructure law to make it safer for foot traffic.
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BREAKING: CNN drops bombshell, reveals that Trump’s lawyers just told the New York appeals court overseeing the his civil fraud case that Trump “can’t find an insurance company to underwrite his bond to cover” his $454 million bond. But it gets even WORSE for Trump… CNN also reports that “Trump’s attorneys said he has approached 30 underwriters to back the bond, which is due by the end of this month.” Adding insult to injury, Trump’s lawyers told the judge that “the amount of the judgment, with interest, exceeds $464 million, and very few bonding companies will consider a bond of anything approaching that magnitude,”  CNN’s report continues, “The insurance broker, Gary Giuletti, who testified for Trump during the civil fraud trial, signed an affidavit stating that securing a bond in the full amount “is a practical impossibility.” Potential underwriters are seeking cash to back the bond, not properties, according to Trump’s lawyers.” Now, Trump’s lawyers are desperately begging the appeals court to “delay posting the bond until his appeal of the case is over, arguing that the value of Trump’s properties far exceed the judgment.” Unfortunately for Donald Trump, everyone now knows that he grossly over values his properties — and insurance companies want cash instead of overvalued, fraudulent properties as collateral. Please RT and ❤️ if you’re thrilled that Donald Trump is going broke — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a new pro-democracy social network that is exploding in popularity because Twitter and Facebook are trying to stop its growth — which is only making Tribel grow even faster. Please follow us on Tribel to get all of our breaking news alerts sent straight to your phone or computer by clicking the following link: tribel.app.link/okwPIHYCIqb
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"Instead of using the..funding..to give people alternatives to congestion, pollution, and car dependency..states have designated over $33 billion ...toward projects that expand road capacity, doubling down on a strategy that has failed time and time again" t4america.org/2024/02/28/the…
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The largest federal infrastructure spending bill ever proposed will fix less than 12% of the 173,000 miles of American roads *already* in poor condition, spending 10 years and over $1 trillion in the process. bit.ly/3wr2vUN
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