Beijing's xinhuanet.com reported on December 30 that 11,000 kilometers (7,000 miles) of new freeways (motorways) were built in 2012. This is equivalent to more than 150 percent of the freeway mileage in California. read more »
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Decentralized Growth and "Interstate" Highways in China
by Wendell Cox 06/19/2010
Andrew Batston of The Wall Street Journal writes of China's decentralization, with the growing employment in interior urban areas. read more »
Long Beach Freeway Saga
by Wendell Cox 11/18/2009
The Los Angeles Times reports progress toward completion of the Long Beach Freeway (I-710) gap between Valley Boulevard in East Los Angeles and Pasadena, with a geologic study finding a tunnel alignment to be feasible. Real progress is overdue. My great aunt and great uncle were forced out of their house in the early 1960s in South Pasadena by the California Highway Department, in anticipation of building the freeway. I suspect the house is still there. read more »
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