City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways

City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways

An eye-opening investigation into how our ever-expanding urban highways accelerated inequality and fractured communities—and a call for a more just, sustainable path forward

Every major American city h…

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