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The Continuing Story of the Buffalo Skyway

Submitted by Carl.Beien on Tue, 07/15/2008 - 4:48pm.
Buffalo Business First reports that the debate over what to do with the antiquated Skyway freeway in downtown Buffalo is beginning to stall. ... read more »

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Former DOT Engineer Supports Buffalo Boulevard

Submitted by norabeck on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 10:28pm.
Joe Tocke, former transportation engineer with the NYSDOT, wrote a great opinion piece in the Buffalo News last Friday, ... read more »

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Buffalo's Top Scribe: "Wall-Like Road Makes No Sense"

Submitted by norabeck on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 7:37pm.
Donn Esmonde weighs in on the waterfront debate again this week with his commentary in the Buffalo News, "Route 5 barricade heads to c ... read more »

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As deadlines loom, the fight for Buffalo's waterfront escalates

Submitted by tbellino on Thu, 12/13/2007 - 7:42pm.
While the New York State Transportation Department prepares to award construction contracts for an improvement of Buffalo's Route 5 elevated expressway, ... read more »

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Buffalo City Council Unanimous in Opposing the Expansion of Waterfront Highway, Local Groups Form Buffalo Waterfront Coalition

Submitted by crandell on Thu, 10/18/2007 - 10:18pm.
CNU's effort to enable urbanism on Buffalo's downtown waterfront continues to build momentum. This week, the Buffalo City Council asked the State to delay the awarding of construction contracts that would maintain the embanked Route 5 freeway and expand a major frontage road on the Outer Harbor. Cou... read more »

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Helping Buffalo Avoid Another Freeway Mistake by the Lake

Submitted by cwoodrow on Mon, 09/10/2007 - 8:45pm.
John Norquist and transportation planner Norm Marshall were in Buffalo, New York late last week, alerting Buffalonians to the ramifications of allowing the NYSDOT to forge ahead with an awful plan to maintain an embanked freeway along the city's Outer Harbor and expand an adjacent frontage road. Nor... read more »

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CNU XV Blog, Part 4: BosTroit

Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 05/16/2007 - 9:33pm.
At one of the NextGen small group sessions, I heard a wonderful phrase describing what's going on in Philadelphia and some other cities: "BosTroit"- like Boston downtown (i.e. ... read more »

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