CityNerd — Transportation as Atrocity: A Brief Investigation

New York is overdue to make a decision on the future of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. So, which way, Gotham? Double down on the insanely bad ideas of the Robert Moses era, or chart a new course?

Nebula

In college I used to live in Cedar Riverside, Minneapolis. Beautiful neighborhood, amazing people, great local businesses. But sadly isolated by two freeways, I-35W and I-94. Coming from DC, which largely resisted urban freeways, I found it a shame how much they disconnected the city.

I heartily endorse @wrigleyfield's call to remove I-94 and undo some of that damage! #FreewayTeardown https://www.startribune.com/editorial-counterpoint-twin-cities-would-be-better-without-an-i-94/600296020/

Editorial counterpoint: Twin Cities would be better without an I-94

The urban freeway is an old idea undone by new realizations. And — believe it — traffic would adapt.

Star Tribune

Love to see it becoming a mainstream position in SF to support tearing down the rest of the Central Freeway that divides Western SoMa from the Mission

Better yet, this letter to Caltrans asks questions that imply removing 280 between 101 and 6th St could be on the table as well. Would be huge for reconnecting Dogpatch and Bayview. Gotta hand it to Senator Wiener on this one.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qDBIKNdhZXyejOi3bbiqRBADm2l3kXgy/view

#FreewayTeardown #sfpol