The long fight for connectivity in Milwaukee
Successfully halting construction on the Park East Freeway in Milwaukee in 1977 was a major early win for advocates. But removing highways is more...
The bridge proposal that refuses to die
The Southern Crossing over the San Francisco Bay, proposed repeatedly over the past 77 years, has been rejected repeatedly. Even as Reconnecting Communities funds...
Better build another highway: The Legacy Parkway story
Gently curving through wetlands southeast of the Great Salt Lake, Utah’s Legacy Parkway has been characterized as an example of a state DOT making...
Restoring Buffalo’s “Emerald Necklace”
Humboldt Parkway, once home to vibrant public space, was destroyed by the Kensington Highway, displacing over 600 families and leaving a concrete gash through...
Rays of hope: National City, CA’s Community Connectors story
After many decades of being divided by highways, community members in National City, CA are building capacity to reconnect their community in a project...