What would happen if they took out what was considered a vital traffic artery carrying 168,000 cars per day? Lots! Improved travel time, improved environment, increased property values, more public space, revitalized central business district.

 Kamala Rao, MCIP, Transportation Planner in Vancouver, BC, and a Sightline board member, profiles Seoul’s success story of urban highway removal at Sightline Daily.

Photo from http://www.preservenet.com/freeways/Seoul_BeforeDongdaemunArea.jpg and http://www.vector1media.com/spatialsustain/koreas-urban-sensor-web-test-projects.html