Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Highway Revolts

Birmingham to Widen Downtown Highway While Other Cities Tear ‘Em Down

By Angie Schmitt | | 5 Comments
Downtown freeways are unmitigated disasters for cities. They ruin the development potential of central city neighborhoods and create dead zones that divide downtown areas. That’s why Milwaukee, San Francisco, New Orleans, Niagara Falls, Oklahoma City, New Haven and Syracuse have either torn them down or are seriously considering it. But Birmingham, Alabama, is on track to […]

FHWA: Oklahoma DOT Must Consider Restoring Street Grid in Downtown OKC

By Angie Schmitt | | 5 Comments
In a rare victory against state DOT standard operating procedure, residents of Oklahoma City last week managed to compel the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to consider a redeveloped street grid as an alternative to a wide, high-speed boulevard through the city’s downtown. A highly-organized group of volunteers calling themselves Friends of a Better Boulevard has been […]