These 3 Highways Were REMOVED: What Happened Next?

Does your city have an ugly highway running up the center of it? What would happen if you removed it? On this episode we discuss highway removals that actually happened in Rochester, NY, Portland, OR, and San Francisco!

Let us know what you thought of this episode! What are some other examples of highway removals you can think of? Is there a campaign in your city to remove an existing highway?

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A list of links to organizations/people/references mentioned here in this episode:

Cornell Policy Review Rochester: https://cornellpolicyreview.com/GIS-S...
Rochester Inner Loop History: https://www.democratandchronicle.com/...
Meghan Kimble Event: https://www.firstlightaustin.com/even...

Other photo/video references:
Rochestersubway.com

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:04 - Rochester NY Highway Removal
13:52 - Portland Oregon Highway Removal
17:32 - Austin Highway Related Tangent
19:35 - San Francisco Highway Removal
24:45 - Final Thoughts on Highway Removals

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