Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Highway Removal

500 People Ate Dinner on a Freeway in Akron This Weekend

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 5, 2015 | No Comments

How’s this for a creative reuse of outdated 20th century infrastructure? This weekend, 500 people in Akron, Ohio, sat down and had dinner together on the Innerbelt Freeway. The event, dubbed “500 Plates,” brought together people from all over the city to talk about the future of the Innerbelt. The city is planning to decommission […]

The Pendulum Swings Away From Highways on the Dallas City Council

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 17, 2015 | No Comments

A runoff election Saturday has solidified who’s in and who’s out of the Dallas City Council. At stake were the future of two highway projects: the construction of the Trinity Toll Road and the removal of I-345 to make way for walkable development. Highway opponents gained ground, though not enough for a majority. Before the election, four of 14 votes […]

Toronto City Council Blows Its Chance to Transform Downtown

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 12, 2015 | No Comments

Tearing down Toronto’s Gardiner East Expressway would remove a hulking blight from downtown, improve access to the waterfront, open up land for walkable development, and save hundreds of millions of dollars compared to rebuilding the highway. But that didn’t convince the City Council. In a 24-21 vote yesterday, the Council opted to rebuild the aging Gardiner with some […]

Decision Time for Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 3, 2015 | No Comments

Toronto is facing a critical decision about the aging elevated Gardiner East Expressway. Will Canada’s largest city go ahead with the plan to replace the one-mile-long concrete relic with a surface boulevard and walkable development? Or will it cling to yesterday’s infrastructure? The debate has been heating up ahead of a key City Council meeting next week. A poll released […]

Boston Says So Long to the Casey Overpass, a 1950s Highway Relic

By Angie Schmitt | May 20, 2015 | No Comments

This month, Boston is demolishing a monument to 1950s-era car infrastructure: The Casey Overpass, a short elevated road built in 1955 to whisk drivers over the Forest Hills MBTA station in Jamaica Plain without encountering any pesky things like intersections or pedestrians. The last car drove over the decrepit 1,600-foot-long structure just a few days ago, and construction […]

Dallas Highway Teardown PAC Snags Two Council Seats. Next Up: Runoff

By Angie Schmitt | May 14, 2015 | No Comments

A coalition of Dallas residents trying to build a more walkable, people-friendly city gained some momentum in Tuesday’s election, picking up at least two City Council seats. At stake is the potential replacement of a downtown highway segment with mixed-use development and parks. The balance of power in the council now comes down to a June runoff. There were six […]

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