Can taking highways out save our cities?

[Mik]

Interesting thoughts here.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/27/climate/us-cities-highway-removal.html?referringSource=articleShare&fbclid=IwAR1M9f9WoeCqI8qdMmLzWq3Z6naYvBEGuM35G78pFZaoYGard2OFDstVgzg

[Loki]

Interesting.

As a side note Philadelphia used to be the third largest city in the US. Fourth was a long way off. Philadelphia refused to let 95 cut through it and therefore the New Jersey Turnpike was born. Now you can drive from Maine to Florida without even seeing Philadelphia. The New Jersey economy also took off…

Phil’s is now 6th largest soon to be eclipsed by Houston and likely a few others.

Not saying the idea isn’t sound but it hurt Phila back in the day.

[Mik]

S'ok. Their police firebomb minority neighborhoods.