Freeways

Shutting down the Interstate 405 corridor for two days on July 16 and 17 is akin to clipping L.A.'s mobility wings. Commuters and residents in the region are making contingency plans to circumvent heavy traffic congestion next weekend.

July 7, 2011 - The New York Times

Construction has begun on a new park beneath a Toronto freeway overpass. The Toronto Star's Christopher Hume says the park will change the city forever.

June 9, 2011 - The Toronto Star

In the latest installment of a year-long series about Los Angeles-focused books, Los Angeles Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne reads the 1981 book "L.A. Freeway: An Appreciative Essay," by David Brodsly.

June 2, 2011 - Los Angeles Times

CNU president John Norquist stars in this video from Streetfilms about the problem of inner-city highways and the steps some cities are taking to get rid of theirs.

April 11, 2011 - Streetfilms

A "crazy idea" to remove an inner city freeway in Seoul, South Korea turned to reality. This piece tells the story about how this unlikely event came to be.

April 8, 2011 - Grist

When there is a toll, of course. But the Federal Highway Administration uses the word indiscriminately, confusing the matter, writes Peter Samuel of Toll Roads News.

March 28, 2011 - TOLLROADSnews

The city of El Paso is hoping a new plan will breathe life back into formerly booming streets sucked dry after a freeway replaced them as the main entrance to town.

January 3, 2011 - El Paso Times

Efforts to tear down the Interstate-10 Claiborne Expressway, a 2.2 mile section of elevated roadway in New Orleans that many locals and activists have blamed for separating neighborhoods. Neal Pierce says teardowns might begin to grow in popularity.

September 10, 2010 - Citiwire

The addition of a 10-mile carpool lane to one of Los Angeles' busiest freeways is creating a huge stress on the region's transportation system.

August 17, 2010 - The New York Times

Activists have turned the site of a former inner-city freeway in San Francisco into a community garden.

March 21, 2010 - Good

Los Angeles is crazy for "cap parks": basically, putting roofs over sections of freeway and building a park on top. The added benefit? Reconnecting neighborhoods riven asunder by the freeway in the first place.

February 25, 2010 - The Architect's Newspaper

January 6, 2010 - Jack Finn

As traffic congestion has worsened, so has the philosophical divide between LA and Orange counties in terms of how to address it.

November 18, 2009 - Los Angeles Times

A new high-tech system from New Zealand will be installed on L.A.'s 110 freeway, which will feature sensors that will know when traffic slows and open an alternate lane automatically.

August 2, 2009 - Los Angeles Times

Here in San Diego, public transportation is on life support.  Despite record ridership, trolley and bus service has been reduced, with some bus routes cancelled altogether.  Fares are up across the board.  The monthly light rail pass will be $72; three years ago it was $60.

April 14, 2009 - Diana DeRubertis

Researchers are teaming up with Boston community members to study how living close to freeways can be harmful to residents' health.

April 14, 2009 - The Boston Globe

Charlotte politicians have been pushing for the completion of a freeway loop around the city -- a $220 million project. Mary Newsom argues that road funding would better serve the city and the region if it were directed to Charlotte's transit system.

April 4, 2009 - The Naked City

Next American City takes a look at freeways and sees the end coming -- for some, anyway.

November 2, 2008 - Next American City

After speeding construction by using county toll revenues, a 23-mile long, 18-lane freeway has opened in Texas.

October 31, 2008 - The Houston Chronicle

The Congress for the New Urbanism has released a list of the top ten urban freeways that need to be torn down.

September 23, 2008 - Congress For New Urbanism