The Brake: A Streetsblog Podcast
How to Fight a Texas-Sized Freeway Battle (Megan Kimble)
May 7, 2024
Author Megan Kimble discusses grassroots efforts in Texas to fight highway expansions, highlighting the campaign to remove I-345 in Dallas. They delve into the impact of highway projects on communities and the need to challenge auto-centric city planning, with a focus on envisioning cities without highways like Rochester, New York.
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- Grassroots advocates resist highway expansions by powerful transportation departments, promoting city design around people not cars.
- Author Megan Kimble's 'City Limits' reveals the negative impacts of highways on communities, advocating for sustainable urban environments.
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Challenges of Grassroots Advocates Against Highway Expansion
Grassroots advocates face challenges in combating massive departments of transportation intent on widening highways in their neighborhoods. Author Meghan Campbell highlights the struggles faced by advocates taking on projects like the I-35 expansion in Austin, emphasizing the need to reimagine cities around people rather than cars. Despite being David to the Goliath-like Texas Department of Transportation, these advocates continue to resist such expansions, advocating for more productive use of land and funds.
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