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Widening Highways Doesn’t Fix Traffic. So Why Do We Keep Doing It?

Por: The New York Times Nation January 07, 2023

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Interstate 710 in Los Angeles is, like the city itself, famous for its traffic. Freight trucks traveling between the city and the port of Long Beach, along with commuters, clog the highway. The trucks idle in the congestion, contributing to in surrounding neighborhoods that are home to over one million people.The proposed solution was the same one transportation officials across the country have used since the 1960s: Widen the highway. But while... + full article



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