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Boondoggle on 34th Street
Taxpayers Shell Out $125 Million
Mayhem from 30th to 40th Streets
Transitway's Hidden Costs
"Above Ground Subway" = Blight
DOT Misleads The Public
Blocks Our Access
Transitway Tie-ups
Bad for Health, Too!
34th Street: Not a "Corridor"
Walker's Paradise
Arborcide
West Side Struggle
Story of One Mile
Urban Malls: Litany of Failure
Beware: Transitway Kills a Street
Transportation Planner:
Transitway Critic
Church Calls
Transitway “A Disaster”
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The Transitway Compromises Health, Too!

The Above Ground Subway's two lanes of buses mean increased noise and pollution for adjacent buildings, and that's bad for people who live along the route. Studies show that constant noise raises blood pressure while pollution affects lung health. Studies also show that constant noise impairs children's learning ability.