• A new view for Buffalo

    With the governor’s endorsement, CNU’s long-time recommendation to transform Buffalo’s Skyway is closer to reality. The city and state have an opportunity to implement the best ideas from the top proposals.
    The Buffalo Skyway may live up to its name at last. Standing on the stage at One West this week, overlooking the old elevated highway, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced to an enthusiastic gathering that it was time for the Skyway to come down. He posed two questions: Should we do it? C an we do it?...Read more

  • Federal infrastructure bills introduce Highways-to-Boulevards pilots

    A pilot program proposed to fund the study and removal of highways in urban contexts, an idea of great interest to urbanists, has largely flown under the radar.
    Prior to departing Washington for August recess, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works unanimously advanced in a vote of 21-0 the bill S. 2302, America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019 . Others have already looked at the bill’s commitment to further highway spending , its...Read more

  • Urbanists, design a better grid

    New York State transportation officials are gathering crucial input to ensure the successful transformation of Route 81 in Syracuse into a Community Grid.
    Public comments are now being accepted to influence one of the most important Freeways Without Futures projects ever, and the design ideas and expertise of new urbanists are needed. New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has endorsed the “Community Grid” option for transforming the...Read more

  • Freeway cap would restore grid

    Since 2012, grassroots coalition Reconnect Austin has advanced an alternative, human-scaled vision for the I-35 corridor for the Texas capital city. The north-south section of I-35 that cuts through downtown Austin carries a high amount of traffic—more than 200,000 vehicles a day—but inhibits...Read more