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RECENT PRESS
Head of TxDOT Says Construction on I-35 Will ‘Never Conclude’
Your Ultimate Guide to the I-35 Expansion
Austin Has Dangerously High Levels of Air Pollution
Freeway Fighters Coalition Demands ‘Stop the Highway Expansion Madness’
Reconnect Austin Joins 190+ Organizations in Calling for a Moratorium on Highway Expansions
‘Ramble On’ Podcast Delves into I-35 with Reconnect Austin and Rethink35
The New Generation of Freeway Fighters Is Assembling
Reconnect Austin Featured in Highway Boondoggles 8
KUT Series: Driven Out
I-35 Expansion Shows Why States Should Never Control Their Own Environmental Review Process
Press Release: MPT Ellis on City Council Passing Item 45
City Council Cites Air Quality Concerns in I-35 Project, Votes to Delay
Austin City Council Passes Item 45 to Delay I-35 Project
A Flawed Environmental Analysis Underpins I-35 Expansion
Displaced I-35 Businesses Given 90-Day Notice to Move
Austin Wants to ‘Cap and Stitch’ TxDOT’s I-35 Expansion – But Can It Afford It?
Austin City Council Mobility Committee Airs Concerns Over I-35 Expansion
Travis County Says TxDOT Ignored Health Concerns from I-35 Expansion
Austin I-35 Highway Expansion Moves Ahead, Despite Climate Fears
The State-Sanctioned Urbicide of Austin
TxDOT Sent Me An Offer For My Property Near I-35 – Now What?
Austin Elected Officials, Community Groups Coalesce in Opposition to I-35 Expansion
Community Press Conference Outlines Ongoing Issues with I-35
UT Austin Wants to Cap I-35 from Dean Keeton to 15th Street
Noise Concerns Amplify Over I-35 Expansion
FEIS and Record of Decision Released for I-35 Expansion Through Downtown Austin
Austin’s I-35 Plans Revised
Highway to Sprawl: How I-35 Shapes Where People Live in Austin
Nationwide Survey Finds Growing Pushback Against Highway Expansions
Reconnect Austin featured in Austin Chronicle’s ‘Best of Austin 2023′
11/5/23 “WIDER WON’T WORK” RALLY
9/1/21 PRESS CONFERENCE
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
CNU-CTX Hosts: Transforming Highways to Boulevards Across Texas
Farm&City Hosts: Policy Hacking I-35 and I-45 in Austin and Houston
OLDER PRESS
The Daily Texan Opinion: Highways Don’t Belong in Cities
Culture Map Austin: “Latest Report Says I-35 in Austin is a Freeway Without a Future”
CNU: I-35 Highlighted in 2023 “Freeways Without Futures” Report – For The Third Time
KXAN: $1M Federal Grant Awarded to Austin’s I-35 ‘Cap and Stitch’ Program
Austin Monitor: OurFuture35 Receives Federal Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program Award
KUT: TxDOT to Seize Part of Waller Beach Park for I-35 Construction
Streetsblog: Freeway Fighters List Their Top Five Needs For 2023
The Chronicle: City and County Join the I-35 Resistance
Austin Monitor: Travis County Pushes TxDOT to Improve I-35 Plan
Community Impact: Austin City Council Urges TxDOT to Change I-35 Widening Plan
KUT: Austin City Council Demands Changes to I-35 Plan
Austin American-Statesman: TxDOT Faces Pushback on Revised I-35 Expansion Plan for Central Austin
Austin Chronicle: Lumbering Toward a Long-Held Vision for a New I-35
Austin Towers: What Goes on Top of a Highway?
I-35 is Named One of Ten “2023 Freeways Without Futures” by the Congress for the New Urbanism
Austin Politics Newsletter Discusses the I-35 Opposition Movement
KUT: 2022 was the Deadliest Year on Austin Roads
KUT: I-35 Questions and Answers
CBS Austin: Council Member Chito Vela III Discusses I-35
APN: I-35 Can Never Be a ‘Transit’ Project
APN: The I-35 Critiques are Missing the Point
Austin Chronicle on I-35 and Modified Alternative 3
NYT: Widening Highways Doesn’t Fix Traffic. So Why Do We Keep Doing It?
APN: TxDOT Releases its Preferred I-35 Expansion Plan
KUT: TxDOT Narrows Options for Widening I-35 Through Austin
NYT Opinion: Mr. Biden, Tear Down This Highway
2022 Highway Boondoggles List Discusses I-35
To Heal Historic Highway Harms, We Need Bold Thinking
Daily Beast: Can Burying Urban Highways Undo Decades of Racial Inequity?
Reconnect Austin Joins the US’ First Freeway Fighters Network
Happy April Fool’s Day from The Austin Chronicle!
Sec. Pete Buttigieg Discusses I-35 with The Texas Tribune
TxDOT Overlooked a 70-Unit Affordable Housing Complex At Risk From I-35 Expansion
Austin Chronicle Discusses Mod Alt 3
TxDOT Debuts New Modified Alternative 3 for I-35
Internal Memo Reveals TxDOT’s Latest Changes to I-35 Expansion Plans
Updated Plans for I-35 to be Released by TxDOT
TxDOT’s Latest I-35 Expansion Has Austin Activists Searching for Alternatives
Activists Balk as I-35 Overhaul Advances
Vision Zero World Day of Rememberance
RMI Debuts New Induced Demand Calculator
Slate Unpacks the Fight Around I-35 in Austin
The Unstoppable Appeal of Highway Expansion
Beth Osborne, Director of Transportation for America, Dives Deep into I-35
Austin City Councilors Speak Out Against I-35
Austin Chronicle: “Ain’t No Highway Wide Enough”
TxDOT Proposes to Raze Properties Along I-35
TxDOT Reveals Schematics for Expanded I-35
Support a $15b Federal Reconnecting Communities Program
What if Texas Tore Down its Highways?
NBC: Highway Construction Built a Legacy of Inequality
NYT: Can Removing Highways Fix America’s Cities?
Reconnect Austin featured in 2021 Freeways Without Futures report
Report calls I-35 ‘chasm between downtown and communities of color’
Reconnect Austin Featured in Community Impact Newspaper
Austin Leans in Hard to Change TxDOT’s Mind on I35
Austin Politics Newsletter 04/22/21
Charles Marohn Discusses Reconnect Austin
Austin Contemplates How to Make I-35 Suck Less
CAMPO Throws Money at I-35
Some See a Plan to Expand I-35 as a Betrayal
of Austin’s Environmental Values
Mayor Adler Says More Lanes on I-35
Won’t Solve Austin’s Traffic Woes
Austin Can’t Build Its Way Out of Traffic
Vision for Downtown Austin Buries I-35
A Better I-35
Reconnect Austin Self-Guided Walking Tour