Source: Urbex Solutions A recent post on reddit sparked discussion about the economic tradeoffs of urban highways and theories about why or why-not development happens adjacent to freeways. The map above, created by Urbex Solutions, was shared in addition to the post and raises interesting questions for Milwaukee: How much economic potential is tied up in the land occupied by urban highways? What is the opportunity cost of a centrally located urban freeway? Looking more close

Rethink 794 concluded our Walk & Roll series with our final route looping around the Clybourn Bridge closure. The audit took place on Wednesday, May 27th near the end of peak rush hour. To view a summary of observations and route map, you can find a brief report of the walk-roll audit below: On the route, participants noted fragmented and incomplete pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, especially near the freeway ramps west of the river. The observation reinforces a consist

We attended the public meetings for WisDOT’s Lake Interchange last month and have some takeaways from the presentation materials. After this round of meetings, it’s clear to us that WisDOT’s traffic study is constrained in part by the traffic model limitations, including pedestrian & bicycle infrastructure, and the incomplete or conservative transit expansion data and land-use assumptions. The flaw with current traffic modeling is that they're highly sensitive to the assumpti

Join us as we navigate the freeway’s impact today, explore opportunities for what’s possible, and form recommendations for a more connected downtown. We'll meet at the Cambria Hotel Milwaukee Downtown (Clybourn and Plankinton). Participants will embark on a ~30-minute facilitated walk-roll audit, then return to the Cambria Hotel conference room for discussion and a tactile approach to creating a vision for the corridor through a creative urban planning exercise. Those that us