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In Texas’ new political map,

the 13th Congressional District stretches about 450 miles from Denton,

a fast-growing, multiracial city near Dallas,

to sparsely populated rural towns

along the western border of the state’s panhandle.

Photograph: Damon Winter

Gerrymander U.S.A.

NYT

July 12, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/12/
opinion/texas-redistricting-maps-gerrymandering.html

Photograph: Acacia Johnson

for The New York Times

Jimmy Carter, at 97, Steps Into a Big Fight

Over a Small Road in Alaska

The legal battle over the gravel route

could gut an environmental law

that the 39th president called one

of his highest achievements.

NYT

May 25, 2022, 5:00 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/
climate/alaska-anilca-wilderness-area.html

The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, known as the B.Q.E.,

was built in the 1940s.

In 2016,

city officials warned that if nothing was done,

they would have to restrict trucks by 2026.

Photograph: Sasha Maslov

for The New York Times

The B.Q.E. Is Crumbling. There’s Still No Plan to Fix It.

Mayor Eric Adams wants to jump-start the project,

but some critics have raised safety concerns.

NYT

June 13, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/
nyregion/brooklyn-queens-expressway-construction-plan.html

We want an entirely different type of town’ …

the A40 Westway under construction in 1970.

Photograph: Evening Standard/Getty Images

London’s lost mega-motorway:

the eight-lane ring road that would have destroyed much of the city

Tue 13 Dec 2022 10.00 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/13/
londons-lost-mega-motorway-the-eight-lane-ring-road-that-would-have-destroyed-much-of-the-city

Governments are looking to toll roads

like the 91 Express lanes of the Riverside Freeway as the future.

Photograph: J. Emilio Flores

for The New York Times

Paying on the Highway to Get Out of First Gear

By TIMOTHY EGAN

NYT

April 28, 2005

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/28/
us/paying-on-the-highway-to-get-out-of-first-gear.html

I-85 Rebuild: Time Lapse (May 8, 2017)

Georgia DOT

I-85 Rebuild: Time Lapse (May 8, 2017) Video Georgia DOT

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICs5ncrcvf0

infrastructure USA

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/23/
980086070/building-a-big-infrastructure-plan-
biden-starts-with-a-bridge-to-republicans

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/03/
973054080/potholes-grid-failures-aging-tunnels-and-bridges-
nations-infrastructure-gets-a-c

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/09/
519500054/engineers-say-tax-increase-needed-to-save-failing-u-s-infrastructure

http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2015/10/20/
449876754/reinventing-infrastructure-how-hard-is-it

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/
opinion/let-our-cities-move.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/us/
engineers-report-small-gains-in-nations-infrastructure.html

pothole USA

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/03/
973054080/potholes-grid-failures-aging-tunnels-and-bridges-
nations-infrastructure-gets-a-c

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/us/
a-severe-winter-breaks-budgets-as-well-as-pipes.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/09/us/
in-los-angeles-driving-is-a-jarring-experience.html

road USA

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/26/
1201730827/ben-goldfarb-road-ecology-roadkill-crossings

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/12/
opinion/texas-redistricting-maps-gerrymandering.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/
climate/alaska-anilca-wilderness-area.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/
opinion/let-our-cities-move.html

gravel road USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/
climate/alaska-anilca-wilderness-area.html

ring road UK

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/13/
londons-lost-mega-motorway-
the-eight-lane-ring-road-that-would-have-destroyed-much-of-the-city

network of roads, bridges,

subways, trains and buses USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/
opinion/let-our-cities-move.html

road trip USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/20/
travel/alaska-british-columbia-alberta-road-trip.html

take a road trip UK

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2013/apr/27/
us-road-trip-andrew-mccarthy

USA > Fancy a drive-thru donut?

The bright lights of LA car-food culture – in pictures UK

Ashok Sinha spent a decade

shooting neon-lit takeaways

and UFO-style filling stations

– including the world’s oldest surviving McDonald’s –

in LA county

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/oct/28/
drive-thru-donut-bright-lights-los-angeles-la-car-culture-
in-pictures - Guardian picture gallery

USA > The last stop:

America's disappearing roadside rest stops – in pictures UK

https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2016/may/24/
america-roadtrip-iconic-rest-stops-photographs-last-stop

pay-as-you-go road USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/28/
national/28toll.html

toll road USA

https://www.npr.org/2018/01/18/
578865204/more-states-turning-to-toll-roads-to-raise-cash-for-infrastructure

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/12/
570248568/are-40-toll-roads-the-future

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/10/08/
should-toll-road-revenue-be-used-for-other-projects/

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/us/
private-toll-road-across-maine-is-proposed.html

road tolls

electronic toll roads / cashless tolls USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/
your-money/tolls-cashless-electronic-bills.html

high-priced toll USA

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/12/
570248568/are-40-toll-roads-the-future

tollway USA

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/12/
570248568/are-40-toll-roads-the-future

road toll evader

privately run motorway

pay a toll UK

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/dec/10/uk.
greenpolitics

on the road

hit the road UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/apr/22/
bank-holiday-day-trips-outings

hit the road USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/
business/energy-environment/america-is-hitting-the-road-again.html

motorway UK

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/13/
londons-lost-mega-motorway-
the-eight-lane-ring-road-that-would-have-destroyed-much-of-the-city

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/dec/25/
m6-motorway-closed-after-crash

carriageway UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/25/
m6-motorway-closed-after-crash

freeway USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/20/us/los-angeles-
drivers-on-the-405-ask-was-1-6-billion-worth-it.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/us/
in-los-angeles-another-warning-about-road-closure.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/
us/17freeway.html

thruway USA

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/18/
four-killed-in-crash-on-new-york-thruway/

expressway USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/
nyregion/brooklyn-queens-expressway-construction-plan.html

skyway USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/nyregion/
drivers-in-new-jersey-to-lose-link-as-pulaski-skyway-route-closes.html

causeway USA

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/19/
1129956050/hurricane-ian-sanibel-island-causeway-reopens-florida

bypass UK

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/apr/10/
brutal-wales-architecture-simon-phipps-in-pictures

road building UK

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2004/jun/27/
transportintheuk.environment

roadside sensor systems

roadside markers USA

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/24/
1246684546/comic-historical-marker-civil-rights-murder

roadster

road sign

road laws UK

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jun/23/
transport.world

roundabout USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/
business/roundabouts-traffic-circles.html

sleeping policeman

bollard

hump

yard

open road

curve

hard shoulder UK

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/sep/01/
transport.world

laybys UK

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/may/25/
i-was-sleeping-in-laybys-the-people-who-have-spent-the-pandemic-living-in-vans

grass verge

motorway

M1 UK

https://www.google.fr/maps/@52.6186358,-1.1827911,13z

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/12/
huge-tailbacks-after-fatal-crash-closes-southbound-m1-near-leicester

motorway network

Interstate Highways USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/
headway/highways-colorado-transportation.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/04/07
/984784455/a-brief-history-of-how-racism-shaped-interstate-highways

interstate USA

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/12/
570248568/are-40-toll-roads-the-future

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/10/
527765003/atlantas-i-85-set-to-reopen-by-monday-after-extensive-repairs-
time-lapse-video

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/31/
522170988/i-85-bridge-collapse-in-atlanta-
brings-headache-to-250-000-drivers-a-day

interstate > i-85 USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/10/
527765003/atlantas-i-85-set-to-reopen-by-monday-after-extensive-repairs-time-lapse-video

highway USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/
us/widen-highways-traffic.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/
business/energy-environment/america-is-hitting-the-road-again.html

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2015/04/01/
396786638/with-nostalgia-and-a-last-nosh-1-of-3-remaining-hojos-closes

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/
opinion/our-highways-toll-on-wildlife.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/21/
opinion/Who-Should-Pay-for-Our-Highways-Gas-Tax.html

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jan/04/
transport.world1

Highway 1 USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/25/
530025850/-mother-of-all-landslides-closes-section-of-california-s-highway-1

Lincoln highway USA

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/07/07/
travel/07LINCOLN.html

giant superhighway

highway overpass UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/25/
missouri-freight-train-overpass-crash

overpass USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/11/
us/philadelphia-i-95-collapse-vehicle-fire.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/31/
522170988/i-85-bridge-collapse-in-atlanta-
brings-headache-to-250-000-drivers-a-day

collapse USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/11/
us/philadelphia-i-95-collapse-vehicle-fire.html

collapse USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/31/
522170988/i-85-bridge-collapse-in-atlanta-
brings-headache-to-250-000-drivers-a-day

lane

high-occupancy vehicle lanes H.O.V. / HOV USA

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/02/
1120628973/pregnant-woman-dallas-fetus-hov-lane-passenger-ticket

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/
opinion/california-express-lanes.html

turnpike USA

http://www.npr.org/2014/03/13/
289700103/3-dead-after-pileups-on-snowy-ohio-turnpike

street

traffic lights USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/
realestate/a-history-of-new-york-traffic-lights.html

commute USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/
upshot/stuck-and-stressed-the-health-costs-of-traffic.html

traffic USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/
upshot/stuck-and-stressed-the-health-costs-of-traffic.html

traffic jam USA

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/12/
570248568/are-40-toll-roads-the-future

traffic gridlock USA

http://www.npr.org/2016/02/23/
467768203/cheap-gas-contributes-to-record-u-s-traffic-volumes

get stuck in traffic USA

http://www.npr.org/2016/02/23/
467768203/cheap-gas-contributes-to-record-u-s-traffic-volumes

traffic bailiffs

tailback

crawl

reduce traffic to a standstill

crawl

congestion USA

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/07/
720805841/city-dwellers-dont-like-the-idea-of-congestion-pricing-
but-they-get-over-it

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/20/us/los-angeles-
drivers-on-the-405-ask-was-1-6-billion-worth-it.html

congestion pricing USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/05/
opinion/congestion-pricing-reader-opinions.html

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/07/
720805841/city-dwellers-dont-like-the-idea-of-congestion-pricing-
but-they-get-over-it

rush-hour congestion

London's congestion charge UK

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/jan/31/london.london

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/jul/12/london.london

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2005/apr/01/
greaterlondonauthority.transportintheuk

peak hours

congested

jam

rush-hour

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