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RECENT PRESS
‘One Chance’: Neighbor coalition pushes for city to fund its portion of Austin’s I-35 Cap and Stitch
Advocates Call for Revocation of TxDOT’s Self-Certification
TxDOT Wants to Keep Approving Its Own Federal Environmental Reviews
Should Texas be Allowed to Grade its Own Homework?
Activists Argue for Federal Oversight of TxDOT Environmental Process
Reconnect Austin Co-Authors New Commentary on Highway Reclamation Impacts to Population Health
‘Week Without Driving’ Campaign Highlights Transportation Accessibility in Austin
Reconnect Austin Joins the ‘Week Without Driving’ Challenge
What Can Austin Learn from Dallas’ Highway Cap Park?
Megan Kimble, Author of ‘City Limits,’ Featured on NPR
TxDOT Contradicts Itself, Argues That I-35 Never Caused Racial Discrimination
In Colorado, an Ambitious New Highway Policy Is Not Building Them
Ann Arbor Succeeds in Stopping Highway Expansion
Who Pays for Texas Highways?
Opinion: Clean Air Can’t Wait
Opinion: Will CAMPO Do Right on I-35?
If You Build It, Will They Come?
Head of TxDOT Says Construction on I-35 Will ‘Never Conclude’
Your Ultimate Guide to the I-35 Expansion
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
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′
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