- Urban highways cost more money than urban transit
- They divide cities logistically.
- Introduce pollution
- Are very unsightly to neighborhoods
- Steal traffic from roads in commercial zones and undermine regional commercial activity.
- Put emphasis on car-first neighborhoods and businesses (which give little ROI).
- Encourage urban sprawl and community inefficiency.
My take:
These points are understood and expected from urban highways, but then again urban highways were meant to solve a different problem. The points are simply what the solution costs.
- Urban highways cost more money than urban transit
- They divide cities logistically.
- Introduce pollution
- Are very unsightly to neighborhoods
- Steal traffic from roads in commercial zones and undermine regional commercial activity.
- Put emphasis on car-first neighborhoods and businesses (which give little ROI).
- Encourage urban sprawl and community inefficiency.
My take: These points are understood and expected from urban highways, but then again urban highways were meant to solve a different problem. The points are simply what the solution costs.