Highway Removal
Battle Lines Drawn Over Syracuse Highway Teardown
To keep the aging relic blighting downtown, or tear it down?
May 1, 2014
Washington DOT Chief: Seattle’s Big Highway Tunnel Might Not Get Built
Nearly five months after coming to a halt beneath the city of Seattle, Bertha -- the largest tunnel boring machine in the world -- is still immobilized. It had barely begun to clear space for the underground highway meant to replace the aging Alaskan Way Viaduct when it broke down late last year.
April 30, 2014
Goodbye Downtown New Haven Highway, Hello 1,300 Parking Spaces?
Advocates for livable streets in New Haven have high hopes for the Downtown Crossing/Route 34 West projects, made possible by a highway teardown that will open 16 acres of prime, center-city land.
April 29, 2014
You Can Now Bring Street Transformations to Life With Google Street View
If you ever want to show someone that it's possible to change streets and cities for the better, Google Street View can now help you do it.
April 25, 2014
Talking Headways Podcast: Escobar’s Escalator
Did you go to the World Urban Forum in Medellín, Colombia, last week? Neither did your hosts Jeff Wood and I, but we sure found a lot to say about it anyway on this week's Talking Headways podcast. Medellín's remarkable urban transformation -- undertaken in the midst of war -- has gotten a lot of well-deserved attention lately for making the city's transportation infrastructure more equitable.
April 17, 2014
Talking Headways Podcast: Let Them Drive Cars
Quick quiz: What city is the world leader in highway teardowns? San Francisco? Portland? Madrid?
April 9, 2014
Talking Headways Podcast: One More Freeway Without a Future
So, Bertha is stuck digging an enormous highway tunnel underneath Seattle. Jeff Wood and I ask the essential question: Does Seattle really need to spend $2.8 billion on a new traffic sewer, when traffic on the Alaskan Way Viaduct has been plummeting?
February 26, 2014
Tear Down These 10 Freeways! (And Then Tear Down Some More)
Freeway teardowns are no longer as rare as an earthquake during the World Series.
February 13, 2014
Dallas Official: Without a Highway Teardown, Park Gets “Free Shade”
Getting officials on board with a highway teardown in Dallas is no easy task. Just ask Patrick Kennedy, a Dallas planner who has led the charge to remove IH-345, an elevated stump of a highway near central Dallas.
February 4, 2014
Akron Sets Out to Dismantle a Giant Road
Some places just talk about prioritizing transit and walking over highway construction. But Akron, Ohio, is putting its money where its mouth is.
February 3, 2014