Highway Teardowns & An End to Highway Expansions

For decades, highways have isolated and divided Black, Latino, and low-income communities in New York City. Our highways have exposed countless New Yorkers to disproportionate levels of asthma, traffic violence, air and noise pollution, heat exposure, and left too many communities with a lack of access to green space, opportunity, and connection. And expanding highways does nothing to ease congestion: research shows that every 1% increase in highway miles corresponds with a 1% increase in vehicle miles traveled in the area. All New Yorkers deserve to live in neighborhoods that are built to live in – not driven through – and that are accessible, safe, and healthy, no matter how you get around. TA is fighting for:

• An end to efforts to expand New York City’s highways 

• The shrinking, repurposing, and demolition of under-utilized and divisive highways across New York

Highway teardown campaigns