Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Highway Removal

Charleston Highway Plan, Back From the Dead, May Finally Meet Its Maker

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 3, 2011 | No Comments

In the 1970s, engineers drew a horseshoe around Charleston, South Carolina — the planned route for Interstate 526, also known as the Mark Clark Expressway. The highway was to extend from Mt. Pleasant in the north to James Island in the south. It was to be a traditional highway bypass, the kind that were being […]

The Evolution of PlaNYC: Transit, Tight Budgets, and the Sheridan

By Noah Kazis | Dec 15, 2010 | 3 Comments

Last week Streetsblog sat down with David Bragdon, the new head of the city’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, to talk about next year’s update of PlaNYC. A new version of the city’s sustainability plan is set to be released on Earth Day, 2011 (that’s April 22), revising the 2007 roadmap for a city […]

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New Freeway Revolt Grips Guadalajara

By Chris Carlsson | Dec 6, 2010 | No Comments

While the world has gathered in Cancun, Mexico, to discuss again a shared approach to Climate Chaos, action is already being taken in countless communities. On a visit last week to Guadalajara, Mexico, more than a thousand miles west of the Climate Meeting, I had the pleasure of discovering a vibrant grassroots movement to block […]

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How to Slay a Highway: Notes on the Mt. Hood Freeway and Harbor Drive

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 19, 2010 | No Comments

I promised in my last post to tell you the triumphant stories of citizens beating back highways, both planned and already built. Here are more stories from the Rail~volution bike tour around Portland’s “lost highways.” Exhibit A: The Mount Hood Freeway “There was a period of ignorance, a period of enlightenment and catharsis, and a […]

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Fighting Freeways: War Stories From Portland

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 19, 2010 | No Comments

Rail~volution is underway in Portland, Oregon, bringing together more than 1,000 city planners, engineers, transit advocates, bike policy experts, and elected officials to strategize about making cities and towns better for transit, walking, and biking. Monday started with 15 different workshops that took place around the city, including one highlighting Portland’s “Lost Freeways” – the […]

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TIGER II Leaks Begin: New Haven’s Highway-to-Boulevard Project a Winner

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 15, 2010 | No Comments

We reported earlier today that Ray LaHood is keeping mum about the TIGER II grant winners until the middle of next week, but the info is beginning to drip — and it’s members of Congress doing the leaking. Word is out that New Haven, Connecticut has landed a $16 million TIGER II grant to convert […]

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