Yet Another Urbanist | What Makes this a Great Spot for a Freeway Lid? @YetAnotherUrbanist | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Tearing through Seattle's downtown is a massive freeway trench, and a freeway lid may help mitigate some of its issues.
Lid I-5 Organization
lidi5.org
Cities Aren't Loud: Cars Are Loud
youtube.com/watch?v=CTV-wwszGw8
Timestamps:
0:00 The Problem with Urban Freeways
2:58 Why Lid a Freeway
7:10 Lid Example
Sources:
These 7 photos reveal how I-5 construction tore through old Seattle
seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/these-7-photos-reveal-how-i-5-construction-tore-through-old-seattle
Interstate 5 is completed in Washington on May 14, 1969.
historylink.org/File/9393
Living Near Highways and Air Pollution
lung.org/clean-air/outdoors/who-is-at-risk/highways
Air pollution from brake dust may be as harmful as diesel exhaust on immune cells – new study
theconversation.com/air-pollution-from-brake-dust-may-be-as-harmful-as-diesel-exhaust-on-immune-cells-new-study-129594
Los Angeles keeps building near freeways, even though living there makes people sick
seattletimes.com/nation-world/los-angeles-keeps-building-near-freeways-even-though-living-there-makes-people-sick
seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/heres-why-i-5-is-such-a-mess-in-seattle-area-and-what-keeps-us-moving-at-all
Here’s why I-5 is such a mess in Seattle area, and what keeps us moving at all
I-5 Lid Feasibility Study
seattle.gov/opcd/ongoing-initiatives/lid-i-5-feasibility-study
8 Takeaways from Seattle's Lid I-5 Feasibility Study
theurbanist.org/2021/01/29/8-takeaways-from-seattles-lid-i-5-feasibility-study
Lidding I-5 Declared “Technically Feasible” by Consultant Team
theurbanist.org/2019/09/27/lidding-i-5-declared-technically-feasible
Viral video documents string of crashes at downtown Seattle intersection
youtube.com/watch?v=QlV0WhZorxQ
Seattle City Council supports I-5 lid project
youtube.com/watch?v=elGNFpy6LPQ
Tearing through Seattle's downtown is a massive freeway trench, and a freeway lid may help mitigate some of its issues.
Lid I-5 Organization
lidi5.org
Cities Aren't Loud: Cars Are Loud
youtube.com/watch?v=CTV-wwszGw8
Timestamps:
0:00 The Problem with Urban Freeways
2:58 Why Lid a Freeway
7:10 Lid Example
Sources:
These 7 photos reveal how I-5 construction tore through old Seattle
seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/these-7-photos-reveal-how-i-5-construction-tore-through-old-seattle
Interstate 5 is completed in Washington on May 14, 1969.
historylink.org/File/9393
Living Near Highways and Air Pollution
lung.org/clean-air/outdoors/who-is-at-risk/highways
Air pollution from brake dust may be as harmful as diesel exhaust on immune cells – new study
theconversation.com/air-pollution-from-brake-dust-may-be-as-harmful-as-diesel-exhaust-on-immune-cells-new-study-129594
Los Angeles keeps building near freeways, even though living there makes people sick
seattletimes.com/nation-world/los-angeles-keeps-building-near-freeways-even-though-living-there-makes-people-sick
seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/heres-why-i-5-is-such-a-mess-in-seattle-area-and-what-keeps-us-moving-at-all
Here’s why I-5 is such a mess in Seattle area, and what keeps us moving at all
I-5 Lid Feasibility Study
seattle.gov/opcd/ongoing-initiatives/lid-i-5-feasibility-study
8 Takeaways from Seattle's Lid I-5 Feasibility Study
theurbanist.org/2021/01/29/8-takeaways-from-seattles-lid-i-5-feasibility-study
Lidding I-5 Declared “Technically Feasible” by Consultant Team
theurbanist.org/2019/09/27/lidding-i-5-declared-technically-feasible
Viral video documents string of crashes at downtown Seattle intersection
youtube.com/watch?v=QlV0WhZorxQ
Seattle City Council supports I-5 lid project
youtube.com/watch?v=elGNFpy6LPQ
