The Bottom-Up Revolution - Who Pays When the Highway Gets Bigger?

The Bottom-Up Revolution - Who Pays When the Highway Gets Bigger?

Author: Think & Act Locally July 30, 2026 Duration: 54:28

A wider highway promises faster trips, new investment, and billions of dollars flowing into Houston. Susan Graham and Ally Smither have spent years asking who receives those benefits and who is asked to move, breathe more pollution, or watch another neighborhood get divided. Recorded at the 2024 Strong Towns National Gathering, this session follows Stop TxDOT I-45 through lost votes, a federal pause, and the long work of keeping people involved after the project moves forward anyway. The same system now struggling to maintain what it already built is still asking communities to make room for more.

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