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    Freeway removal is a public policy of urban planning to demolish freeways and create mixed-use urban areas, parks, residential, commercial, or other land...
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    of the freeway and redevelopment of the Embarcadero has been cited by urban planners from jurisdictions around the world studying freeway removal projects...
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    (also freeway revolts, expressway revolts, or road protests) are organized protests against the planning or construction of highways, freeways, expressways...
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    analyze freeway noise and aid in their design to help minimize noise exposure. Some cities have implemented freeway removal policies, under which freeways have...
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    designation for a 2.3-mile (3.7 km) freeway in Baltimore, Maryland, that currently carries U.S. Route 40 (US 40). The freeway was originally planned to be the...
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    Norquist for removal Underutilized and blighted The only constructed section of the Park Freeway was torn down in 1999. Since its removal, a form of urban...
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    been the major route through the city and its removal is often cited as the first instance of freeway removal in the U.S. and as a milestone in urban planning;...
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    along the Willamette River. After the 1974 removal of Harbor Drive, a major milestone in the freeway removal movement, the park was opened to the public...
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    Santa Monica. The removal of this designation, however, may result in the eventual removal of this signage. The Santa Monica Freeway is the westernmost...
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    Americans. In recent times, the use of freeway removal or the public policy of urban planning to demolish freeways and create mixed-use urban areas, parks...
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    September 23, 2023. "Los Angeles Mayor Takes Stand Against Marina 90 Freeway Removal as Dispute Intensifies". Hoodline. 2023. "Affordable housing demand...
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    to reconnect neighborhoods harmed by infrastructure potentially via freeway removal, investments in direct air capture, sustainable aviation fuel, grants...
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    its eventual removal). In 1968, the freeway was extended eastward a few blocks through a junction with the newly opened Chrysler Freeway (I-75) to its...
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  • were never completed. In some instances, freeway revolts have led to the eventual removal or relocation of freeways that had been built. In the post-World...
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    congestion of I-375 are used to support the freeway's removal. Some people who live or work along the freeway and in the downtown area note the improved...
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    Santa Barbara, was removed in November 1991. The removal was spurred by the construction of a freeway through Santa Barbara, which was completed the following...
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    downtown land in several U.S. cities is allocated for use by cars. The removal of parking lots and other car-heavy areas not only alleviates the air and...
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    Graham Farmer Freeway is a 6.4-kilometre (4.0 mi) inner-city freeway in Perth, Western Australia. It links Rivervale and Burswood with West Perth and Leederville...
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    Interstate 794 (redirect from Lake Freeway)
    Interstate 794 (I-794; also known as East–West Freeway, Lake Parkway, and Lake Freeway) is a 3.75-mile (6.04 km) auxiliary Interstate Highway in Milwaukee...
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    the evaluation of the impacts following the recent removal (1991) of the elevated Embarcadero Freeway and the revitalization of the Embarcadero as a surface...
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    Urban street reserved for public transit, bicycles, and pedestrians Freeway removal – Replacement of motorways with pedestrian-friendly and urbanist land...
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    director of municipal planning Ben Gilbert claimed that the Whitehurst Freeway's "removal is not practical in the near future and maybe never". In 1985, DC...
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  • resilience Braess's paradox Lewis-Mogridge position Complete streets Freeway removal Green transport hierarchy Road diet Road expansion Highway revolt Transit-oriented...
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    Hawaii on the island of Oʻahu. H-3 is also known as the John A. Burns Freeway, after the second governor of Hawaii. It crosses the Koʻolau Range along...
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    location of the terminus, covered with plywood, until its removal in 2018. The Southeast Freeway, including the section planned as I-295 to Pennsylvania...
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    Oregon, the Park East Freeway in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Central Freeway in San Francisco, and the Cheonggyecheon Freeway in Seoul, South Korea, were...
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    of aviation Environmental impact of shipping Free public transport Freeway removal Green building Green infrastructure Green transport hierarchy Hypermobility...
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    meeting with Route 2 in Cambridge. In addition to cancellations, removals of freeways are planned: I-81 in Syracuse, New York, which bisects the city's...
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    Ecodistrict Ecological engineering Environmental economics Floating ecopolis Freeway removal Global Ecovillage Network Green infrastructure Green retrofit Green...
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  • funding cuts that included removal of the Paradise Parkway and Estrella Freeway from the system entirely. (The Estrella Freeway was re-added to the system...
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