Freeways without futures

posted Feb 2, 2017 at 3:52 PM

The new "Freeways Without Futures" list from the Congress for the New Urbanism includes three highways in Upstate New York: the Scajaquada Expressway in Buffalo (it's becoming a boulevard), the Inner Loop in Rochester (being filled in), and the elevated portion of I-81 in Syracuse (the state hasn't decided yet).

General list blurbage: "With cities, citizens, and transportation officials all looking for alternatives to costly highway repair and expansion, these ten campaigns offer a roadmap to better health, equity, opportunity, and connectivity in every neighborhood, while reversing decades of decline and disinvestment."

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I really hope we can add I-787 to this list someday

... said Sam on Feb 3, 2017 at 8:47 AM | link

Yet 787 will never change...

... said ace on Feb 3, 2017 at 8:53 AM | link

Some cities have freeways without futures.

Albany freeways have a city without as future.


Just kidding but, boy, it seems bleak sometimes.

... said Stan on Feb 3, 2017 at 11:03 AM | link

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