Comments on: Hartford Courant: Highway Removal Could Heal the City http://blog.tstc.org/2009/06/22/hartford-courant-highway-removal-could-heal-the-city/ News and opinion from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:08:09 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Joe Russo http://blog.tstc.org/2009/06/22/hartford-courant-highway-removal-could-heal-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1296 Joe Russo Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:15:17 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=5460#comment-1296 Hartford of all cities does not have a complete circumferential highway, which is an unforgivable omission by ConnDOT given that it is in the middle of the State. This forces all the traffic through the downtown, big mistake! But glad to see Hartford now starting to think out of the box and look at some real options. Solution: 1) Build the circumferential now by linking up the fragments I-291, Rt. 3 and Rt. 9 so that there is at least a semblance of one...it's not going to be easy because after 50 years of suburbanization no one will want it built...there'll be lots of opposition... 2) Redesignate I-84 to the new circumferential route, the rebuild the old I-84 as a boulevard...extend light rail east and west along the old corridor into East Hartford to Manchester CT. 3) Boston should have done something like this instead of the horrific Big Dig...closing down the Central Artery and replacing everything with boulevards and high speed rail...from Braintree to Medford...but that's too much out of the box thinking in a country that is just waking up from its 60 year slumber.... Hartford of all cities does not have a complete circumferential highway, which is an unforgivable omission by ConnDOT given that it is in the middle of the State. This forces all the traffic through the downtown, big mistake!

But glad to see Hartford now starting to think out of the box and look at some real options.

Solution:

1) Build the circumferential now by linking up the fragments I-291, Rt. 3 and Rt. 9 so that there is at least a semblance of one…it’s not going to be easy because after 50 years of suburbanization no one will want it built…there’ll be lots of opposition…

2) Redesignate I-84 to the new circumferential route,
the rebuild the old I-84 as a boulevard…extend light rail east and west along the old corridor into East Hartford to Manchester CT.

3) Boston should have done something like this instead of the horrific Big Dig…closing down the Central Artery and replacing everything with boulevards and high speed rail…from Braintree to Medford…but that’s too much out of the box thinking in a country that is just waking up from its 60 year slumber….

]]> By: Clark Morris http://blog.tstc.org/2009/06/22/hartford-courant-highway-removal-could-heal-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1290 Clark Morris Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:09:26 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=5460#comment-1290 So how would I84 users get through the area. As someone who has used I84 to get from New York to Nova Scotia, I would have been happy to bypass Hartford. So how would I84 users get through the area. As someone who has used I84 to get from New York to Nova Scotia, I would have been happy to bypass Hartford.

]]> By: Streetsblog San Francisco » Destroying Highways to Rebuild Cities http://blog.tstc.org/2009/06/22/hartford-courant-highway-removal-could-heal-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1293 Streetsblog San Francisco » Destroying Highways to Rebuild Cities Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:06:48 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=5460#comment-1293 [...] the city in half." Photo from Capital Region of Governments.Today on the Streetsblog Network, Mobilizing the Region is talking about highway removal. Specifically, the proposed teardown or reinvention of the [...] [...] the city in half." Photo from Capital Region of Governments.Today on the Streetsblog Network, Mobilizing the Region is talking about highway removal. Specifically, the proposed teardown or reinvention of the [...]

]]> By: Streetsblog Los Angeles » Destroying Highways to Rebuild Cities http://blog.tstc.org/2009/06/22/hartford-courant-highway-removal-could-heal-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1292 Streetsblog Los Angeles » Destroying Highways to Rebuild Cities Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:11:55 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=5460#comment-1292 [...] Sarah Goodyear on June 23, 2009 Today on the Streetsblog Network, Mobilizing the Region is talking about highway removal. Specifically, the proposed teardown or reinvention of the [...] [...] Sarah Goodyear on June 23, 2009 Today on the Streetsblog Network, Mobilizing the Region is talking about highway removal. Specifically, the proposed teardown or reinvention of the [...]

]]> By: NewHavenSafeStreets http://blog.tstc.org/2009/06/22/hartford-courant-highway-removal-could-heal-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1291 NewHavenSafeStreets Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:49:05 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=5460#comment-1291 Great article! Maybe Route 34 and the Viaduct could be done with the same pool of money. These roads are blights on our landscape. Great article! Maybe Route 34 and the Viaduct could be done with the same pool of money. These roads are blights on our landscape.

]]> By: Streetsblog New York City » Destroying Highways to Rebuild Cities http://blog.tstc.org/2009/06/22/hartford-courant-highway-removal-could-heal-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1295 Streetsblog New York City » Destroying Highways to Rebuild Cities Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:13:18 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=5460#comment-1295 [...] the city in half." Photo from Capital Region of Governments.Today on the Streetsblog Network, Mobilizing the Region is talking about highway removal. Specifically, the proposed teardown or reinvention of the [...] [...] the city in half." Photo from Capital Region of Governments.Today on the Streetsblog Network, Mobilizing the Region is talking about highway removal. Specifically, the proposed teardown or reinvention of the [...]

]]> By: Streetsblog Capitol Hill » Destroying Highways to Rebuild Cities http://blog.tstc.org/2009/06/22/hartford-courant-highway-removal-could-heal-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1294 Streetsblog Capitol Hill » Destroying Highways to Rebuild Cities Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:42:39 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=5460#comment-1294 [...] the city in half." Photo from Capital Region of Governments.Today on the Streetsblog Network, Mobilizing the Region is talking about highway removal. Specifically, the proposed teardown or reinvention of the [...] [...] the city in half." Photo from Capital Region of Governments.Today on the Streetsblog Network, Mobilizing the Region is talking about highway removal. Specifically, the proposed teardown or reinvention of the [...]

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