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Should Philly deep-six I-76?
What if we ditched the entire stretch of I-76 that runs from the Vine Street Expressway to Gray's Ferry Avenue? This is the premise of the winning proposal of this year's Ed Bacon Student Design Competition.
Should Philly deep-six I-76?
Some of the smartest people in Philly have spent much of the past year or so trying to figure out how to attract investment into one of the city's most under-utilized regions, the Lower Schuylkill. Here's an idea that they probably haven't spent a lot of time mulling over: What if we ditched the entire stretch of I-76 that runs from the Vine Street Expressway to Gray's Ferry Avenue?
This is the premise of the winning proposal of this year's Ed Bacon Student Design Competition, a submission called SHIFT: Smart Hub Infrastructure for Tomorrow, created by a team from Cornell. Maybe the winning selection isn't too surprising, since one of the judges was Next City's Diana Lind, who also advocates abolishing I-95 between the Ben Franklin and Walt Whitman bridges.
The logic behind SHIFT: "Since 1959, the Schuylkill Expressway has been an unpleasant fact of life for metropolitan Philadelphia. Mayor Richardson Dilworth even called it 'the worst mistake of my administration.' But, as transportation patterns shift over the next century, Philadelphia has the opportunity to undo that mistake." It would simply redirect traffic to less congested routes, creating a loop around the city rather than through it. All this would clear the way for stuff like the waterfront park rendered above.
Notably, this did not win the prize for "most realistic" — but it doesn't hurt to dream big.
I spend a few days each year on a boat in the lower part of the river and it would be great to see the west side cleaned up like the east side banks are. A few suggestions. Get the water dept cleaning boat out more often what a disgrace to see so much floating trash. Also a place to dock a boat, a few slips so we could go up to 30th street staion and get a bit to eat, or go down chestnut or Walnut and grab something— HMCHUGH430
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