NY West-side Highway
The discussion explored other options for how we can manage traffic if I-95 were not to be rebuilt. Rethinking the regions transportation options and considering a less car dependent society and opting for light rail and possibly a grand boulevard scenario with less lanes than the current 8 lane Interstate may fair to be a better solution. Two precedents are New York's West Side Highway and where I-95 merges into US-1 in Miami ending in Key West. Even though the boulevard is still wide at 6 lanes in Miami, it allows for a more fluid connection of the communities on either side of the highway. The New York boulevard enables pedestrian access to newly formed riverfront parks, festival piers, and view of the river from Development lining the highway.
What will be done still remains the question, but citizens can only hope that city officials make the wise decision to make some drastic changes.
Miami US-1 with elevated metro adjacent
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