Sunday, November 24, 2013

READ OF THE MONTH!!!!! No more I-375? Detroit to study removing freeway in favor of walkable surface street

This is so silly and destructive it leaves one breathless.
The only part of the city that has any spark if life is downtown. 
And getting there requires a car run through the most violent city in the country.
Sooooo.
Let's make it much more inconvenient for those with money to visit.
And replace that highway with a "walkable ambiance" that might as well be a synonym for "Knock-out game Detroit".
Ya kant fix what dont want ta be fixed.......

No more I-375? Detroit to study removing freeway in favor of walkable surface street | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"For the first time in a half century, Detroit could follow a national trend and remove aging I-375, cutting off express downtown access for tens of thousands of motorists a day in favor of a pedestrian-friendly parkway connecting Lafayette Park and Eastern Market with the central business district.

Turning the trench-like interstate that runs from I-75 near Gratiot south to Jefferson Avenue into a surface street would make for easier connections between residential areas on the east side and central downtown.
Creating that walkable ambiance would come at the cost of high-speed connections on I-375 that suburbanites take to reach the Renaissance Center, Cobo Center and other downtown destinations."

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