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The compelling case for removing urban freeways.
Further Reading:
CityLab University: Induced Demand:
citylab.com/transportation/2018/09/citylab-university-induced-demand/569455
Norman Garrick in Citylab:
citylab.com/transportation/2016/11/reimagining-the-urban-freeway-holding-back-providence/508373
Vox: How Highways Wrecked Urban American Cities
youtube.com/watch?v=odF4GSX1y3c
Congress for New Urbanism – Highways to Boulevards
cnu.org/resources/project-database?tags[182]=182
Harbor Drive
cnu.org/highways-boulevards/model-cities/portland
Embarcadero Freeway
cnu.org/what-we-do/build-great-places/embarcadero-freeway
Governor Tom McCall – Oregon Historical Society:
ohs.org/education/tom-mccall-better-oregon/resources.cfm
Law of Peak Hour Expressway Congestion
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b3477;view=1up;seq=467
“From elevated freeways to surface boulevards: neighborhood and housing price impacts in San Francisco” by Robert Cervero , et al.
rsa.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17549170902833899?scroll=top&needAccess=true&#aHR0cHM6Ly9yc2EudGFuZGZvbmxpbmUuY29tL2RvaS9wZGYvMTAuMTA4MC8xNzU0OTE3MDkwMjgzMzg5OT9uZWVkQWNjZXNzPXRydWVAQEAw
Portland State University
https://www.pdx.edu/sites/www.pdx.edu.ims/files/ims_mscape10winriverfront.pdf
Impacts of Road Capacity Removal
https://opencommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1103&context=gs_theses
FHWA – Interstate History
fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/50interstate.cfm
fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/faq.cfm
Case studies in Urban Freeway Removal:
cnu.org/sites/default/files/Nashville%20Case%20Study%202%20-%20Seattle.pdf
Seattle Data
SDOT:
sdotblog.seattle.gov/2019/03/20/chapter-1-seattlesqueeze-less-driving-more-transit-more-biking-data
King County Metro:
https://kingcountymetro.blog/2019/03/08/water-taxi-surged-bus-ridership-climbed-during-the-epic-sr-99-closure/
Office of the Mayor:
durkan.seattle.gov/2019/03/what-the-data-tells-us-about-chapter-1-of-the-seattle-squeeze-people-drove-less-took-transit-and-biked-more
Bike counters:
seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/programs/bike-program/bike-counters
The compelling case for removing urban freeways.
Further Reading:
CityLab University: Induced Demand:
citylab.com/transportation/2018/09/citylab-university-induced-demand/569455
Norman Garrick in Citylab:
citylab.com/transportation/2016/11/reimagining-the-urban-freeway-holding-back-providence/508373
Vox: How Highways Wrecked Urban American Cities
youtube.com/watch?v=odF4GSX1y3c
Congress for New Urbanism – Highways to Boulevards
cnu.org/resources/project-database?tags[182]=182
Harbor Drive
cnu.org/highways-boulevards/model-cities/portland
Embarcadero Freeway
cnu.org/what-we-do/build-great-places/embarcadero-freeway
Governor Tom McCall – Oregon Historical Society:
ohs.org/education/tom-mccall-better-oregon/resources.cfm
Law of Peak Hour Expressway Congestion
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b3477;view=1up;seq=467
“From elevated freeways to surface boulevards: neighborhood and housing price impacts in San Francisco” by Robert Cervero , et al.
rsa.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17549170902833899?scroll=top&needAccess=true&#aHR0cHM6Ly9yc2EudGFuZGZvbmxpbmUuY29tL2RvaS9wZGYvMTAuMTA4MC8xNzU0OTE3MDkwMjgzMzg5OT9uZWVkQWNjZXNzPXRydWVAQEAw
Portland State University
https://www.pdx.edu/sites/www.pdx.edu.ims/files/ims_mscape10winriverfront.pdf
Impacts of Road Capacity Removal
https://opencommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1103&context=gs_theses
FHWA – Interstate History
fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/50interstate.cfm
fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/faq.cfm
Case studies in Urban Freeway Removal:
cnu.org/sites/default/files/Nashville%20Case%20Study%202%20-%20Seattle.pdf
Seattle Data
SDOT:
sdotblog.seattle.gov/2019/03/20/chapter-1-seattlesqueeze-less-driving-more-transit-more-biking-data
King County Metro:
https://kingcountymetro.blog/2019/03/08/water-taxi-surged-bus-ridership-climbed-during-the-epic-sr-99-closure/
Office of the Mayor:
durkan.seattle.gov/2019/03/what-the-data-tells-us-about-chapter-1-of-the-seattle-squeeze-people-drove-less-took-transit-and-biked-more
Bike counters:
seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/programs/bike-program/bike-counters
