From Highway to High Rise — Rebuilding Inner Cities By Removing Roads
Numerous cities around the country are increasingly removing rather than building highways as a way to spur urban renewal. American cities, such as Portland, Oregon, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Chattanooga, Tennessee have removed highways in recent years and others, such as Detroit, Michigan, Tampa, Florida and Baltimore, Maryland, are seriously considering it, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Why This Matters: In doing so, they are regaining prime real estate which is creating a boom in the development of downtown, pedestrian-friendly spaces and “knitting” neighborhoods back together again. And soon it may be possible to use federal highway “construction” funds to actually remove them.
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