Freeway Lids: The 10 Best Places to Cap Highways and Create Space for Parks and New Development

Описание: This week's video looks at freeway lids (or freeway caps, "cap and stitches," or freeway decks, depending what part of the US you live in!). Several regions in the US are currently looking at decking over freeways as an alternative to freeway removal, which is politically fraught. This video expands on a previous video that identified the ten most effective existing freeway lids in the US, this time looking at the ten locations with the greatest potential.

Stops on our exploration include:

I-95 in the Bronx
I-83 in Baltimore
I-35E/I-94 in St. Paul
I-90 (including Copley Square, Prudential Center, Fenway Center, and Back Bay Train Station in Boston)
I-71 in Cincinnati (Connect the Blocks)
I-10 in El Paso
US 101 in Los Angeles (Park 101)
I-670 including the Kansas City Convention Center
I-405 and I-5 in Portland
I-85 in Atlanta (The Stitch)
Viaducto Miguel Alemán (Mexico City)
A15 (Montreal)
I-5 in Seattle including Washington State Convention Center and Freeway Park (Lid I-5)
I-30 and Klyde Warren Park (Dallas)
I-676 in Philadelphia
I-95 in Providence
I-90 in Chicago (Millennium Park for the West Loop)


Other CityNerd videos referenced:
Freeway-Heavy Downtowns:    • The Most Freeway-Heavy Downtowns in the US...  
Lids What Why & Where:    • Freeway Lids / Caps / Decks: What They Are...  
Key Stations for High Speed Rail:    • The 10 Key Stations for High Speed Rail in...  
Texas High Speed Rail Race:    • High Speed Rail vs. Air vs. Car: Texas Edi...  

Resources:
https://www.kmbc.com/article/new-plan...
"New plan for 'deck' over I-670 downtown South Loop could be reduced by millions of dollars" by Michael Mahoney for KMBC News at https://www.kmbc.com/article/new-plan...
"Rose Quarter Compromise Pleases Neighborhood Advocates, Leaves Enviros Unsatisfied" by Nigel Jaquiss for Willamette Week at https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2021/...
Providence I-95 Viaduct Northbound project page at http://www.dot.ri.gov/projects/I-95Vi...
https://la.curbed.com/2017/6/21/15846...
"Plan to cap the 101 freeway in Downtown LA with a park moves forward" by Bianca Barragan for Curbed Los Angeles at https://la.curbed.com/2017/6/21/15846...
Lid I-5 launch page at https://lidi5.org/
"Visionary plan to cap the Kennedy Expressway with a park might still happen" by Jay Koziarz at Curbed Chicago at https://chicago.curbed.com/2020/1/14/...
The Stitch project page at https://www.atlantadowntown.com/initi...
"Senators Reverend Warnock, Ossoff Announce $900K Federal Award for The Stitch Project in Atlanta" (press release) https://www.atlantadowntown.com/artic...
"A Look At I-30’s Hopes in The Canyon: Deck Parks, Complete Streets, and More" by Matt Goodman for D Magazine at https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner...
Cincinnati "Connect the Blocks" launch page: http://www.connecttheblocks.org/

Image Credits:
I-676 flood photo from @KSATsteph
Klyde Warren Park By Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Klyde Warren Park By Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Klyde Warren Park By Dqbush - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Klyde Warren Park By Kevin1086 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Music:
CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library)

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