How to Remove a Highway
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Receive 10% off anything on bellroy.com: https://bit.ly/3LYgYNhHighways are a blight on the urban landscape and are difficult to tear down. But there are some factors that can make a highway easier to tear down, and that's what this video is all about.Resources on this topic:Freeways Without Futures: https://www.cnu.org/our-projects/highways-boulevards/freeways-without-futuresHow Highway Removal Is Changing Our Cities: https://www.lincolninst.edu/publications/articles/2020-03-deconstruction-ahead-urban-highway-removal-changing-citiesThe Economic Case for Removing Highways: https://smartgrowthamerica.org/five-cities-argue-the-economic-case-to-tear-down-a-highway/Rochester Inner Loop North project: https://www.innerloopnorth.com/aboutI-81 Syracuse project: https://webapps.dot.ny.gov/i-81-viaduct-project-overviewI-81: https://www.syracuse.com/news/2023/07/new-york-starts-225-billion-interstate-81-rebuild-despite-court-challenges.htmlI-81: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/03/nyregion/syracuse-interstate-81.htmlBuffalo Skyway: https://www.wivb.com/news/higgins-kennedy-put-the-brakes-on-tearing-down-the-skyway/My favorite graph: https://www.sightline.org/2011/07/13/wsdot-vs-reality/Claiborne Avenue Alliance: https://www.claiborneavenuealliance.comRestoring Our Community Coalition Buffalo: https://roccbuffalo.orgConnect Oakland: http://www.connectoakland.org/about/vision-2/Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios.Written by Dave Amos.Select images and video from Getty Images.Black Lives Matter.Trans rights.
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