Additional Resources
Learn more about I-65/I-70 construction, the importance of highway design, similar projects in other cities and the benefits of alternative reconstruction plans.
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Why America Is Tearing Down Its Highways
An exploration of the development of our US highway system, its impact on urban communities, and how cities, like Rochester, NYC, are rethinking its urban highways.
Under the Highway
In the Shadow of the Interstate
Why I-69 Never Connected to Downtown
Indianapolis Woman Shares Story
Mapping the Past and Future
Addressing the Racial Inequities - NPR
Transportation Policy and Underdevelopment
The Lost Barrio of Indianapolis
City Around the Country Explore
THE CONGESTION CON
Transportation for America Report: How More Lanes And More Money Equals More Traffic
THE NEW AGE OF FREEWAY REVOLTS
CITYLAB: Urban Highway Reconstruction in Houston and Portland Facing Energized and Effective Local Resistance
THE AUSTIN, TEXAS COMMUNITY TAKES ON REPLACING ITS DOWNTOWN I-35 ELEVATED HIGHWAY WITH A RECESSED HIGHWAY
A good example of state, city, business, and citizen collaboration but the plan to also expand lanes is controversial.
ALL RECESSED HIGHWAYS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL SOME AUSTIN CITIZENS REJECT EXPANED THRU LANES
Recessed highways can have many benefits but they can be offset by expanding the number of lanes, further separating communities.
11 Ugly Urban Underpasses Now Functioning As Public Parks
An excellent read for the North Split Context Sensitive Solutions process.
The Highway Was Supposed to Save This City. Can Tearing It Down Fix the Sins of the Past?
Another in-depth look at the challenges of urban interstates.
Six Freeway Removals That Changed Their Cities Forever
The Rethink Coalition does not advocate a complete removal of the interstates in downtown Indianapolis; however, we can’t afford to ignore the national trend away from overbuilt interstates towards smarter traffic systems.
The Stitch: An Ambitious Proposal to Build Parks and Housing Above The Connector
Atlanta is the most recent in a string of cities to explore an innovative urban interstate—one that would create a more connected community while promoting economic development.
The Rethink Coalition’s Design and Arup Advisors’ Presentation
On November 12, 2018, the Rethink Coalition unveiled its design for I-65/I-70 reconstruction, and international transportation firm Arup Advisors released its assessment of this design’s enormous positive economic development impact.
Federal Highway Administration Hyperfix 65/70
An FHWA analysis of the 2003 Hyperfix I-65/70 shutdown. Motorists adjusted in three days. The mass congestion and traffic jams that critics predicted “never materialized.”
Los Angeles Drivers on the 405 Ask: Was $1.6 Billion Worth It?
An New York Times analysis of a recent highway reconstruction project in Los Angeles.
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