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Clybourn Street would become two-way with I-794's removal. Would its Milwaukee River crossing be a lift bridge, or a fixed bridge--taking more space?

Other cities have replaced their highways and freeways with parks and green spaces. Detroit is adding a nine-lane intersection.

Tennessee Williams famously said: "America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland." Let's make our nation’s cities sing by making them a little less Cleveland and a lot more New Orleans. Join us as we get an insider’s view of 300 years of placemaking in a city that oozes culture, enlivens history, bumps with music and doesn’t shy away from living for today because tomorrow, we die. Placemaking Weekends are a small-group...

Let's deep dive with Portland local experts into the intriguing models, policies, tactics and zeitgeist behind America's most placemade city About this event Portland, Oregon is famously one of the most human-scaled, creative and livable places in the nation. Unfortunately, many of the underlying efforts that make Portland so great, haven't spread to other cities that could be benefittng from them. Let's make our nation better by learning from this great city and the people ...

How Highway Removal Can Benefit Cities Donald Shoup James Brasuell Emily McCoy, Lindsey Naylor Devin Partida View Jobs See a full list of jobs in planning and related fields: urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, development, engineering, and more. View all jobs Post a Job Research thousands of planners, designers, architects, developers, and other professionals and academics who are working with...

Tokyo Expressway to Become a Linear Park A major expressway in Ginza will be converted to a park similar to New York Citys High Line. April 15, 2021, 5am PDT | Diana Ionescu | south One of Tokyos major expressways is about to get the High Line treatment, as reported in Japan Property Central. "Tentatively named Tokyo Sky Corridor, the Tokyo metropolitan government aims to have this pedestrian park in Ginza completed sometime between 2030 and 2040." With the expressway no longer needed afte...

Reimagining the Urban Freeway With the new administration placing racial justice and equity at the forefront of transportation policy, will America finally reckon with the legacy of its freeways? February 11, 2021, 7am PST | Diana Ionescu | In a piece for Common Edge, William Fulton describes a scene thats all too common in many American cities: a dense, walkable downtown, brimming with diverse uses and businesses, sliced through by a massive freeway overpass. "In almost every urban locati...

Economic Justice Includes Highway Removals A $435 billion "economic justice" bill proposed by Democrats in the U.S. Senate includes $10 billion for projects that remove highways and build community-oriented assets in their place. January 13, 2021, 7am PST | James Brasuell | Oscity Kea Wilson reports: "Shortly before the holiday recess, then-Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer and a coalition of 25 Democratic senators introduced a $435 billion economic justice bill called S5065 that incl...