Seattle needs an Earthquake
That’s what it took to get San Francisco to tear down their waterfront freeway.
Tearing out a freeway without an earthquake – to my knowledge, it’s never been done. It would require an enormous amount of political capital. But there’s a group of Seattle citizens working on just that. They have a lot of logic and the tide of public opinion all pushing their way, and with the existing viaduct coming up for replacement, well – good luck!
Mike D said,
June 19, 2009 @ 11:54 am
Earthquakes kill people. Seattle doesn’t deserve that.
Michael J. said,
June 23, 2009 @ 10:11 am
@MikeD eh, true. Maybe we can evacuate the city real quick beforehand.
I ran across this today too
http://www.cnu.org/highways/freewayswithoutfutures#1
The jist of that link is that this particular freeway has been identified as well, the worst in the country. Under their metric.