It’s time to formally hit the pause button on highways.
Across the country, we hamstring transit efforts with inadequate funding, while simultaneously pouring money into highway projects that undermine transit, paralyze climate efforts, and ultimately do not relieve congestion or ease cost of living.
My home of Sonoma County, California, offers a classic example. In the early 2000s, facing rising traffic congestion and inadequate transportation options, the region simultaneously began planning for new passenger rail service while also approving funding to widen the highway serving the exact same corridor…