I-81 Teardown Upstate Gains Ally In Rachel May’s Victory Over IDC Rogue
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The insurgent wave that threw out all but one former IDC member offers a streetscape benefit upstate.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Highway Removal
North Carolina DOT Threatens to Steamroll Asheville’s Highway-to-Boulevard Plans
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Residents of Asheville, North Carolina, thought they had fended off the highway widening the state wanted to ram through neighborhoods just outside downtown. North Carolina DOT has other ideas.
Building Highways Made Racial Segregation Worse. Can Removing Them Undo That Legacy?
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The teardown of I-81 in Syracuse presents an opportunity to rebuild Syracuse in a way that rights past injustices.
A New Neighborhood Will Replace a Sunken Rochester Highway
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With a portion of the Inner Loop highway filled in, Rochester is ready to reconnect its downtown to the East End neighborhood.
The Public Health Case for Decking Over the Cross-Bronx Expressway
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Capping the sunken parts of the highway with parks would be more than worth the cost once you factor in the health benefits of increased physical activity, according to researchers at Columbia University.
Buffalo Advocates Convince New York DOT to Rethink a Half-Baked Highway Removal
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The state had pushed a "boulevard" design that was too much like the highway it was supposed to replace.