Roll-over the image below to see how the planned Spaghetti Junction compares to what's existing.
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Top 10 Metro Highway Removal Projects, from Urbanland:
"At one time, highway teardown projects in urban U.S. cities were rare, with about one occurring each decade. In the 1970s, Portland closed Harbor Drive. In the 1990s, San Francisco tore down the Embarcadero Freeway. And in the 2000s, Milwaukee removed the Park East Freeway spur. But this decade, freeway removal projects are gaining popularity and momentum, with three demolitions already underway and another dozen projects on the drawing board."
Our time will come.
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Louisville is at a crossroads. The ORBP represents previous generation's inability to overcome powerful special interests. Now is the time for 8664, the right vision for future generations.
Credits: Bob Hill, Gill Holland, Paul Coomes, Earl Jones and more.
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]]>"Half a century after cities put up freeways, many of those roads are reaching the end of their useful lives. But instead of replacing them, a growing number of cities are thinking it makes more sense just to tear them down."
"Now, taking down freeways has gone mainstream. Cities as diverse as New Haven, New Orleans and Seattle are either doing it or talking about it. The chief motivation seems to be money."
Read the entire article here.
]]>Read LEO's "8664 wins 'Big Idea' contest" for more details.
]]>A few years ago we created an animation to show people how traffic could flow if we made the junction less complicated. View the SJ animation and use the black button in the lower right-hand corner.
]]>"The day before the Bridges Authority votes to toll the region's interstate bridges to pay for the $4.1 Billion Ohio River Bridges Project, 8664 highlights interstate traffic trends. Traffic counts for Kentucky's interstates are reported by The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, so 8664 compiled a snapshot of interstate traffic volumes since the Record of Decision was signed in 2003. Declining traffic volumes on all three interstates (I-65/I-64/I-71) in close proximity to the Kennedy Bridge and Spaghetti Junction begs many questions. For example:
"The pro-Bridges folks will try to say the decline is due to the bad economy, but it clearly has more to do with the price of gas." said JC Stites, 8664 Co-Founder. He went on to say, "Spaghetti Junction is not too small, it just has a couple design flaws that could be addressed quickly and cost effectively after an East End Bridge is build."
]]>They say "in front of downtown, I-64 will move farther from the river," but the picture below from the ORBP's website doesn't lie:
Roll your mouse over the photo above to see the plan for widening I-64 by 50% over the Great Lawn of Waterfront Park.
They also say "The interchange's footprint is roughly the same size as the current road system". Again, they aren't letting fact or the truth get in their way. Take a look at this post to see how the footprint of a 23 lane Spaghetti Junction will expand.
]]>Read We're tearing this highway down, Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood says.
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