Comments on: Highway Removal Olympics: Who Will Win the Gold?

By: Bike Hartford

Bike Hartford — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:03:42 +0000

I hope Hartford is first!

By: CNT Press Mentions August 2008 : Center for Neighborhood Technology

CNT Press Mentions August 2008 : Center for Neighborhood Technology — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:12:27 +0000

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By: Tri-State-Area Highway Teardowns Make National List « Mobilizing the Region

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By: safe streets

safe streets — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:33:37 +0000

Fabulous post!

By: Gotham Gazette - The Wonkster » Blog Archive » Non-Convention Web Wrap

Gotham Gazette - The Wonkster » Blog Archive » Non-Convention Web Wrap — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:19:28 +0000

[...] Proposals to remove urban highways in the metro region. (Tri-State Transportation Campaign) [...]

By: Boris

Boris — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:59:18 +0000

Wow…in Seattle, they actually ask the people what they would like to do? Here in New York it’s the politicians who make all the decisions…which is why nothing ever changes.

By: Charles Siegel

Charles Siegel — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:26:57 +0000

And at the other end of the country, Seattle will soon remove the Alaska Way Viaduct.

Because it was earthquake unsafe, the mayor wanted to replace it with an underground freeway, and the governor wanted to replace it with a new elevated freeway. They put the two alternatives on the ballot, and the voters rejected them both.

Now both the mayor and the governor are reconciled to replacing it with a boulevard.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:30:28 +0000

I agree. Many of the expressways constructed in the 50s that tore cities and their neighborhoods apart need to be removed alltogether. Hartford is a great example. The city is in the center of the state but lacks a ring road or beltway, what exists is only fragmentary…instead bold thinking would completely close I-84 and I-91 through Hartford reroute them around on a new beltway constructed of the various connector roads that are in East Hartford and completing a north-sout route west of Hartford to arc around across the Conneticut River using the I-84 connector on the south side or similarly Route 3 on the south…It would be interesting to view the results of what would happen to the core city without the main Interstates bisecting it…my guess would be that the core would be strengthened, new boulevards created, LRT could more easily be justified…it would be the only city on the US without direct Interstate access…the net result could not be much worse than what we have now and could turn out to be, much better.