Getting creative about freeway removal: If Portland can do it, why can’t Detroit?

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Last week, model D kicked off a three-part series asking Detroiters to imagine a new future for I-375, America’s shortest (and arguably silliest) Interstate. That freeway’s fate is being reconsidered by the Michigan Department of Transportation, giving the people of Detroit an opportunity to breathe life back into a portion of the city’s urban core that was long ago stripped of culture and vibrancy.

For part two of this series, they bring you some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing: transportation projects from around the world where a community’s collective desire for well-designed and healthy urban environments lead to creative transformations of freeways.