A highway project planned since the 1960s is about to be built in West Virginia. Critics worry it will hurt the environment — and their revived economies.
On a personal episode of “Still Processing,” Wesley Morris revisits a highway that he walked across as a kid. He never knew how deeply it had transformed the neighborhood it ran through.
A program that primarily funded highways during the Trump administration has pivoted away from roads in its new disbursement, marking a potential shift in infrastructure spending.
Decades ago, the federal highway boom tore apart historically Black neighborhoods across the U.S. The legacy of this racist federal transportation policy continues to define urban spaces, even as some cities look to reconnect these communities.
The federal agency responsible for building highways that tore through underserved communities in the 1950s is asking the public for ways to make transportation more equitable and accessible.
