Putting 12 Urban Freeways Out to Pasture

Freeways and cities don't mix. Especially these twelve.

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Check out the Not Just Bikes video on Seoul's depaved expressway: https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-they-tore-down-a-highway-and-made-it-a-river

Resources:

• Guerra, E., Duranton, G., & Ma, X. (2025). Urban Roadway in America: The Amount, Extent, and Value. Journal of the American Planning Association, 91(1), 102–116. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2024.2368260

• https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics/2024/hm72.cfm

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheonggyecheon

• https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/07031/index.cfm

• https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/26/nyregion/brooklyn-queens-expressway-new-york-highway.html

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_populous_cities_in_the_United_States_by_decade

Images:

• Cheonggyecheon stream, at sunrise by Basile Morin - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=150950392

• Cheonggyecheon stream video via Getty, Credit: Imazins, Creative #: 1355593079, License type: Rights-ready, Collection: Image Bank Film

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