Transportation Case Studies and Other Resources

Transportation case studies that illustrate how 4(f) maintains community character and results in better road projects.

Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana
4(f) kept a proposed highway widening from destroying the environment and culture in the northwestern corner of the state.
Fort Worth, Texas
4(f) helped remove an intrusive freeway and begin the creation of livelier, pedestrian-friendly downtown.
Great Falls, Montana
4(f) enabled the community save a beautiful bridge from demolition.
Lexington to Paris, Kentucky
4(f) stopped a bad plan for widening this historic road, then encouraged the creation of an award-winning alternative.
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
4(f) succeeded when other reviews failed, allowing this lakeside community to keep one of its local icons.

Download Legal Tools for Fighting Freeways and Saving Historic Roads (pdf)—summarizes the law and provides excellent examples of how reviews can help protect America's heritage.
How transportation enhancements help communities choose the kind of projects they want and create a more balanced transportation system.
How transit and preservation can revitalize America's cities.
Learn about context-sensitive design, a method of planning that transportation officials are already using to create projects that simultaneously improve mobility and respect communities.