Posts by Kuma Okoro — Guest Contributor

Kuma Okoro is an intern at the Federal City Council in the Transportation and Infrastructure Department. He is a senior at Georgetown University studying International Political Economy and African American Studies. He is originally from Brookfield, Wisconsin and is passionate about creating equitable and inclusive cities.

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  Freeway widening was a bad idea in 1969, and it’s a bad idea now

  RoadsBy Kuma Okoro (Guest Contributor) July 30, 2019 32

  The more things change, the more they stay the same. A survey conducted in 1969 shows that the ongoing debate over highway expansion in the DC region today has an uncanny resemblance to the region’s historical debate over building roads or rails. Despite dramatic changes in technology, data, and the demographics of the region, many policymakers have yet to learn that expanding freeways is not the best way to reduce travel times.  Keep reading…