Highway find and replace

posted Mar 26, 2014 at 1:35 PM

Grist for the slowly spinning replace-787 mill, from Gizmodo: 6 Freeway Removals That Changed Their Cities Forever. Writes Alissa Walker over there: "It seems counterintuitive, right? Rip out eight lanes of freeway through the middle of your metropolis and you'll be rewarded with not only less traffic, but safer, more efficient cities? But it's true, and it's happening in places all over the world." [via @PerryWoodin]

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Great article! Looks like highway removal/rerouting has happened/is happening in a lot of cities even beyond those mentioned here -- even in Rochester, NY. It'd be great if there were some real talk and initiative to have that done in Albany.

... said Nicole on Mar 27, 2014 at 8:34 AM | link

In several of these examples, the highways were replaced with tunnels. That's not exactly the same as the proposals to bring I-787 to grade level and add traffic lights.

... said Reality Check on Mar 27, 2014 at 10:57 AM | link

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