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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 - 5:18pmCNU'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 »
A "Radical" Idea Whose Time Has Come: Lehrer News Hour Explores Bringing Down Seattle's Alaskan Way Freeway
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Mon, 08/27/2007 - 11:47amMore and more Seattle residents are showing they are fed up with the domination of their potentially beautiful waterfront by a truck route.
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Norquist in Toronto: Tear Down the Gardiner
Submitted by crandell on Mon, 06/18/2007 - 3:17pmJohn Norquist promotes a bolder vision for Toronto through a reexamination of their waterfront freeway.
'Tear down the Gardiner'
By ROB GRANATSTEIN
The man who spearheaded tearing down Milwaukee's elevated waterfront expressway came to Toronto with his wrecking ball this week.
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The Video that helped kill Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct
Submitted by JNorquist on Tue, 05/01/2007 - 10:14amSeattle Green Building activist Bert Gregory helped produce this video.They didn't have $ to buy much time, but the TV stations couldn't resist it- classic guerilla tactic.
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Guardian reports on successful highway removal (and Braess' Paradox)
Submitted by paytonc on Tue, 12/26/2006 - 7:02pmThe Guardian, a leading British newspaper, reports on how Seoul, a city of nearly ten mllion people, rediscovered its heart underneath a highway carrying 160,000 cars a day:
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