Study: Two-Thirds of Americans Know Highway Expansions Don’t Cure Traffic

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By Kea WilsonJun 29, 2023, 11:00 am357 pts
More than two-thirds of Americans understand that the highway expansions happening in their backyards won’t fix congestion as local pols often claim— and many want those officials to stop spending money on projects that endanger their families, a new poll finds. In a demographically representative survey of…

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