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YouTubeJust saw this fascinating article about how Seoul, Korea managed to entirely eliminate a 14 lane freeway without any negative impact:
http://sdotblog.seattle.gov/2011/03/31/city-staff-meet-with-dr-keith-hwang/#more-7950
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Seoul Eliminates Major Freeway
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ChrisSunami
King-Lincoln District
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Lakee911
Clintonville (South)
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Slideshow: http://inhabitat.com/seoul-recovers-a-lost-stream-transforms-it-into-an-urban-park/
It also goes on to say that traffic was reduced by planning and public transportation as an alternative. Cool.
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Lakee911
Clintonville (South)
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gramarye wrote >>
The buildings are different in those pictures ... how close together are the two locations? Or is one from simply the other side of the same picture?Remember, it's a 5.8km stretch of road/stream. If you had enough patience, you might be able to identify buildings/places from Google Maps.
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buckeyenation
Downtown C-bus
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Very cool. I have been watching a PBS documentary series called E-squared Designs, which is available on Netflix, and in the second season there is a similar story about converting roads into pedestrian areas in Bogota, Colombia which is very interesting.
I wish we had a pedestrian only street, similar to the vibe of Pearl Alley but larger, somewhere in Downtown. The social and cultural value of quality of life type investments are not always factored into the economic value of a project.
I like the idea of this Seoul project.
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