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The standard argument for government services is that only government can build enough roads to meet transportation needs.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has yet to decide whether to convert Hwy. 252 into a four- or six-lane freeway or leave the dangerous road as it currently is. That decision isn’t likely to ...
Accidents at urban freeway ... are heavily congested. High traffic density, rapid lane changes, and short merge zones contribute to the risk of injury crashes in these environments. Brooklyn Center, ...
Traffic delays were substantial, with congestion stretching ... Accidents on major freeways such as I-35W N are a common and often dangerous occurrence in Minnesota’s urban centers. Minneapolis, in ...
Traffic moves on Interstate 35 with the skyline of downtown Minneapolis ... because there'll be congestion and they will extend for a longer distance. So the queues on the freeway, the backups ...
In 1959, the city's board of supervisors canceled seven out of the ten planned freeways in the city. As the Interstate Highway System is about to turn 70 years old, its roads are highly congested ...
New research links large SUVs to increased traffic congestion, reports David Zipper ... The study found that in Minneapolis and St. Paul, more SUVs reduced the capacity of freeway lanes by almost 10 ...
MnDOT wants to convert Highway 252 in Brooklyn Center and Brooklyn Park from a highway with street level intersections managed with stop lights to a freeway that flows seamlessly into Interstate 94 in ...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) announced they will not recommend a parkway or boulevard alternative to transform the I-94 corridor between St. Paul and Minneapolis ...
A New Jersey mayor is proposing the idea of a reverse congestion pricing toll after New York City implemented its controversial congestion pricing toll last week. Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop ...
It’s difficult to say where motorists — and congestion — would go if Minneapolis-St. Paul freeway was enlarged or reduced. For months I’ve been asked questions about “Rethinking I-94 ...
"We can expect significant congestion," said Jonathan Weinhagen, president and CEO of the Minneapolis Regional ... bring sudden and intermittent rolling freeway closures Thursday.