Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Highway Removal

Kansas City Will Take a Serious Look at Removing Downtown Highway

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 17, 2017 | No Comments

Rochester just converted part of its Inner Loop highway into a surface street, a similar project is underway in New Haven, and freeway teardowns are in play in many other American cities. Now you can add Kansas City to the list of places getting serious about removing a highway to save money, improve walkability, and open downtown land for development.

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10 Urban Freeways That Need to Come Down

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 30, 2017 | No Comments

There are excellent candidates for freeway removal in many American cities, where roads built 50 or 60 years ago are nearing the end of their useful lives. Cities that take the plunge and get rid of their urban highways don't regret it.

Cuomo hinted last year that he favored highway removal, but in a state of the state address he backed away from the idea. Photo: Onondaga Citizens League

Cuomo Backpedals on Removing I-81 From Downtown Syracuse

By Brad Aaron | Jan 18, 2017 | 11 Comments

Since it was built in the 1950s, the elevated highway has stifled downtown and separated it from Syracuse University. Removing it could be a transformative city-building project, but Cuomo is waffling.

Is Cuomo Ready to Rid Downtown Syracuse of I-81?

By David Meyer | Aug 12, 2016 | 18 Comments

Speaking in Syracuse yesterday, Governor Andrew Cuomo appeared to indicate support for the removal of 3.75 miles of Interstate 81, the aging elevated highway that cuts through the heart of downtown. “That could be a transformative project that really jump-starts the entire region,” Cuomo said, according to the Post-Standard. “I-81 did a lot of damage — a classic […]

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Houston’s Big Chance to Turn Back the Tide of Car Traffic

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 29, 2016 | No Comments

There’s a lot riding on Texas DOT’s $7 billion plan for downtown Houston freeways. TxDOT has been working for more than a decade on a plan for the three highways that roughly form a circle around the city — I-45, I-10, and U.S. 59. Last April, the agency revealed a draft version of the plan, and another revision […]

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Texas DOT Seems Open to a Downtown Dallas Highway Removal

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 13, 2016 | No Comments

Will Texas embrace a model of mobility that works well for cities, instead of tearing them up with wider highways? A new report from the Texas Department of Transportation indicates that at least in some circumstances, the answer may be “Yes.” TxDOT last week released its “CityMAP” plan for urban highways in central Dallas [PDF]. Normally, you […]

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