Posts Categorized: I-81

Less Congestion, More Sprawl

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More on the irrationality of current traffic congestion measures, from Gateway Streets, a St. Louis blog: “… a closer look at the data in the Urban Mobility Report reveals a puzzling fact: despite reduced congestion on the region’s roads, commutes in St. Louis are getting longer than ever before. Peak hour commuters spent an average... Read more »

Driven Apart

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As The I-81 Challenge –  official decision-making process led by two entities, the New York State Department of Transportation and the Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council (SMTC), the region’s metropolitan planning organization (MPO) – gets into gear, the Rethinking I-81 blog will reopen for comments.    Driven Apart: How sprawl is lengthening our commutes and why misleading mobility measures... Read more »

“Rethinking I-81” Study Report Released

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Anticipating the I-81 Challenge The Onondaga Citizens League issued its “Rethinking I-81” Study Report with the goal that the community meet the I-81 challenge with a vision that is not mired in the past, but that clearly anticipates the needs of tomorrow. If your group would like a presentation on the study, contact ocl@syr.edu.

“Rethinking I-81”: OCL’s Study Blog

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Making Streets Behave New York City has issued its first street design manual, in an effort to make streets more environmentally friendly, and more amenable to bicyclists and pedestrians.  Urban planners see the document as a blueprint for designing the infrastructure for a 21st century city – one that thinks about streets as “…not just... Read more »

“Rethinking I-81”: OCL’s Study Blog

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No ‘Carmageddon’ in Times Square In a move to create a smoother traffic flow and more pedestrian-friendly environment, the NYC Department of Transportation shut down parts of Times Square to traffic.  On Tuesday, two days after Broadway was closed to traffic between 42nd and 47th Streets, cars, trucks, taxis and other vehicles still flowed as... Read more »