CNU adds to Freeways Without Futures

CNU has added projects to its Freeways Without Futures list. An update to this list, published this week, highlights potential teardowns in Somerville, Massachusetts, Niagara Falls, New York, and Long Beach, California. Also the update discusses an effort in Pasadena to oppose Caltrans' plans to expand freeway capacity. "Caltrans offers only two solutions to congestion: expand the surface capacity of the freeway and bulldoze valuable neighborhoods, or sink cash into a tunnel," CNU says. Better! Cities & Towns published a detailed article on the Niagara Falls highway-to-boulevard conversion in June. CNU now advocates 26 freeway teardowns — but some are running into political and/or bureaucratic difficulties. "Mayor Bloomberg has lamentably denied New York City’s public an honest conversation about the Sheridan Expressway removal alternative, and the City of New Orleans has made slow progress with its analysis of the Claiborne Overpass and its corridor," CNU reports.

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