Freeway Teardowns

The Planetizen News Brief - 7/16/09


4:30 minutes (4.13 MB)

L.A. uses park lights to fight crime, New Orleans debates tearing down a freeway, and New York turns abandoned homes to affordable housing -- all on this week's Planetizen News Brief, airing weekly on the nationally-syndicated radio show "Smart City". Read, listen or download.

16 July 2009 - 9:00am

Highway Teardowns Benefitting Traffic Flow and City Life

The Infrastructurist offers four case studies of cities that have removed highways. The result: less congestion.
8 July 2009 - 8:00am
The Infrastructurist

Reclaiming Milwaukee: John Norquist on the Politics of Urbanism

In the second part of this Streetsblog interview, CNU President John Norquist discusses his tenure as mayor of Milwaukee and the politics behind making cities more transit-oriented and walkable.
2 April 2009 - 11:00am
Streetsblog

Top Freeway Teardown Candidates

The Congress for the New Urbanism has released a list of the top ten urban freeways that need to be torn down.
23 September 2008 - 7:00am
Congress For New Urbanism
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