The piece describes Milwaukee's planned deconstruction of the Park East Freeway in detail. It also covers San Francisco's removal of the Embarcadero Freeway and debate over digging up the Central Freeway, Toronto's plans to bulldoze the Gardiner Expressway and Akron's intent to demolish its Innerbelt Freeway. 

Schreibman describes the economic and transportation thinking behind the roads' planned demise. "In downtowns across the country, where developers find it increasingly difficult to assemble full-block sites, freeing up 15 or more contiguous acres is a real estate dream." Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist says that "the Park East Freeway creates congestion by encouraging people to travel further and further between increasingly insignificant places." 

Schreibman also notes community activists' work to persuade Bronx, NYC and NY State officials to de-pave the Sheridan Expressway in favor of an extensive Bronx River Park in the tree-starved South Bronx.

The article is part of a Planning special issue on transportation and land use. APA: 312-431-9100.