Transportation
4 Great Transportation Projects to Watch (and 4 Awful Ones)
Highlights from the Sierra Club's list of the country's 50 best and worst.
The Sierra Club has released a list of the 50 best and worst transportation projects in the United States [PDF], most of which are connected to the country's major metro areas. Sierra evaluated projects based on five criteria — oil use, environmental impact, public health, economics, and land use — though the report essentially separates them into transit good, highways bad. Some of these efforts, like the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle, have already made our lists of mistaken urban highways. Here's a look at four more with great promise, and another four with awful potential.
4 Great Projects